Personal Dictionary

As I’m reading fiction I keep a list of all the words I don’t know along with a definition. The following represents a personal dictionary of words I have ‘learned’ since 2015. Contrary to the claim that I have learned these words is the fact that I have added many of the words more than once. Since the ‘while-reading’ lists I maintain are by book and order of encounter rather than total alphabetical order in a master list, this happens quite a bit. My worst offender is ‘Proscenium’, which I added to the dictionary 8 separate times (!). Such words are appended by a number, as in ‘Abattoir n’, representing the (n+1)th addition to the list.

I had started the list in early 2015 when I read Blood Meridian, and at the time I was only tracking the new words, rather than words plus definitions. As a result, there are a number of words that are included without definitions here, listed as UNDEFINED.

Updated as of July 2022 - 4582 Entries

A fortiori : By corollary

A-clèf : Film with key. as in, pertaining to real things, under guise of fiction

Abacination : Blinding with the light if hot metal

Abacination 1 : Blinding with the light of hot metal

Abaia : Huge magical eel

Abase : Humbled

Abattoir : Slaughterhouse

Abbatoir : Slaughterhouse

Abberation : Noun. departure from norm. unwelcome

Abdicate : Disclaim and expel

Abdicate 1 : To declaim

Abdication : The act of disinheriting

Aberrant : Differing from the norm

Abet : Urge on

Abet 1 : To urge on

Abetted : To urge on

Abeyance : Expectancy

Abject : Completely without pride or apology

Abject 1 : Hopelessness

Ablegate : Representative of a royal city

Ablution : To wash ones self

Ablution 1 : Act of washing ones self

Aboulia : Absence of willpower

Abreactions : UNDEFINED

Abrogate : To nullify by authoritative act

Abrogate 1 : To block a process

Abscission : The act of cutting off

Abscond / decamped : Leave hurriedly. literally get out of camp (military)

Abseil : Rappel

Absissca : Horizontal point x coordinate can also refer to x axis

Abstemious : Eating and drinking in moderation

Abstemious 1 : Freely consuming

Abstruse : Hard to understand

Abyssinian banana : Banana plant with inedible fruit but edible stalk

Acarya : Spiritual guide

Access (as in, an access of...) : Outburst, or onset

Access (as in, an access of...) 1 : Outburst, or onset

Acciaccatura : Comes from the italian verb acciaccare, "to crush". the acciaccatura (sometimes calledshort appoggiatura) is perhaps best thought of as a shorter, less melodically significant, variant of the long appoggiatura, where the delay of the principal note is scarcely perceptible – theoretically subtracting no time at all." (wikipedia)

Accidie : Listlessness

Accidie 1 : Slothfulness

Accidie 2 : Sloth

Accipitral : Hawklike

Accompts : Accounts

Accoutrement : Identifying but superficial characteristic

Accretive : Accumulative by means of repetition (external addition), v. secretive

Acerbic : Sharp and forthright. 'bitter'

Acetate : Very 'synthetic' material

Acetylene : An organic compound with one or more carbon-carbin bonds

Achondrite : Small meteorite with no granules (chondites)

Achroma : Colorless

Acidulous : Harsh on taste

Ack ack : Anti aircraft

Acosmist : One who denies the existence of the universe, or a universe as distinct from god

Acrimonious : Angry and bitter

Acrimony : Bitter, sharp animosity

Acroterion : Statue on pedestal in gothic architecture

Acroterium : Small pedestal

Actaeon : Turned to deer by beauty of goddess

Acuity : Sharpness, cleverness

Ad valorem : Levying of taxes in proportion to value of goods

Adduce : Bring forward or offer

Adenoidal : Suggesting the sound of voice from enflamed adenoids

Adiabatic : That which occurs without gain or loss of heat

Adjure : Issue a formal command

Adjutant : Low ranking official

Adjutant 1 : Lower ranking assistant (military)

Adjutor : Helper

Admeasure : To apportion

Admixture : A mixing in of something

Admonish : Warn firmly

Admonish 1 : To counsel against wrong doing

Admonition : Authoritative counsel

Admonition 1 : Punishment following a guilty sentence

Adroitly : Cleverly and deftly

Adumbrate : UNDEFINED

Adumbration : Shading

Advert : Turn attention to

Advert 1 : Turn attention

Adynamia : Loss of power

Aelurodon : Ancient wolf-like creature

Aerostat : An aircraft that derives lift from buoyancy rather than wings

Aetiologia : Explanatory cause

Aetiology : Medical study of causes of diseases

Afference : Brain's sense of signals from the body

Affianced : Betrothed to

Afflatus : Divine creative impulse or inspiration

Afflatus 1 : Strong creative (divine) impulse

Agar : Gelatinous substance formed from culture

Agathodaemon : Benevolent spirit

Agenbite of inwit : Remorse cause by conscience

Agitans : Heatburn

Agitprop : Political propaganda disseminated through media

Agnate : Relating to a father

Agnation : Descending from the father's side

Agnosia : Inability to recognize physical objects visually

Agnus dei : Lamb of god

Agonist : Someone involved in a conflict

Agora : Public open space for markets etc

Agoutis : Small rodent, guinea pig-like, with long legs

Agronomy : All encompassing "land science" as in plant chem, soil, agtech etc

Ague : Acute fever

Ague 1 : Acute fever

Ague 2 : Acute fever

Ailanthus : Species of tree

Ailanthus 1 : Deciduous asiatic trees

Ain : River

Airedail : Breed of terrier

Akinesia : Loss of control of motor muscles

Akvavit : Scandinavian liquor, 40% alcohol

Alacrity : Cheerful readiness

Alacrity 1 : Cheerful readiness

Alacrity 2 : Cheerfully willing

Albedo : White inner portion of a fruit rind, or incidence of reflection of light esp. off heavenly body

Alcalde : Municipal magistrate

Aldermanic : British 30 cent coin

Aleatory : Depending on an uncertain event

Alembic : A device used for distillation made up of a tube connecting two containers

Alexandrine : Poetic meter of 12 syllables

Alfange : Arabic scimitar

Algedonic : Pertaining to both pleasure and pain

Algedonic 1 : Of both pleasure and pain

Algesia : Sensitivity to pain

Algophilist : One who drives pleasure from pain

Alidade : Device for measuring angles

Allay : Diminish or put to rest

Alleghenies : Mountains in pennsylvania

Allopathic : Treatment of diseases using drugs

Allotment : Plot of land

Almoner : One who distributes alms

Alms : Something given to the poor as charity

Alouatte : Howler monkey

Alpenstock : Stout, adjustable walking stick

Alraunes : Belligerent root monster

Als ob : An assumption made do further discourse is possible

Altazimuth : Surveying instrument on bracket

Alzabo : Bear like predators (think annihilation)

Amadou : Spongy flammable substance used to kindle fire

Amanuensis : UNDEFINED

Amanuensis 1 : Writer for, typically dictated to

Ambit : Scope of influence

Ambit 1 : Bounds or limitations of a place

Ambit 2 : The extent of actions, thoughts, and words

Ambulatory : Fit for walking

Ambuscade : Ambush

Ameliorate : To make something bad better

Ameliorate 1 : To make better or improve

Amelita galli-curci : Soprano

Amidships : The middle of the ship

Amoretto : Cupid

Amour propre : Self regard

Ampelopsis : Species of fine

Amphisbaenic : A creature with a head at both ends of its body, capable of moving in either direction

Amphora : Tall greek or roman vase/jug with tsll and thin neck, handles on both sides

Amphora 1 : Two handed jar with narrow neck

Amphytrion : Host or entertainer

Ampoule : Vial containing liquid.

An initio : From the beginning (legal, latin)

An ovo usque ad male : From the egg to the apples

Anabetic : Rising

Anaclitic : Characterized by strong emotional dependency

Anacreontic : Pertaining to love and wine

Anacrisis : Interrogation

Anaerobic : Without oxygen

Anagnorisis : Moment of recognition

Anagnost : One employed to read out loud

Analeptic : That which restores health

Anapest : Phrase with unstressed, unstressed, stressed pattern, as in interrupt

Anapestic : Short short long

Anathema : UNDEFINED

Anathema 1 : Someone intensely disliked, excommunicated

Anatine : Ducklike

Anchorite : One who lives in seclusion for religious purposes

Anchorite 1 : One who lives in seclusion

Ancillary : Necessary support to primary goings on

Andante : Moderately slow tempo

Andiron : Utensil for supporting wood in fireplace

Andiron 1 : Utensil for supporting wood

Anechoic : Free from echo

Anent : Concerning

Anergia : Dilute or disorganized energy

Anfractuosity : Deep crevasse as in the ocean floor

Anfractuous : Sinuous

Anhedonia : Inability to feel pleasure

Anima : Part of soul in touch with the unconscious

Animadversion : Critical remark

Animadverted : Pass serious censure on

Animalcula : Molecular animals

Animalcula 1 : Molecular animals

Animalcula 2 : Small animals

Anisotropy : Something that differs according to the direction of measurement

Annuated : Contributed to yearly

Annulate : Having or consisting of rings or ringlike segments.

Annulated : Consisting of rings or ringed segments

Annulus : Any ring-shaped object

Annulus 1 : Any ring-shaped object

Annunciatory : Like an announcement

Annus horribilus : Horrible year

Anodize : Process to add thicker metal layer

Anodized : Increases natural oxide layer of metals

Anodyne : Capable of soothing or eliminating pain

Anomie : Alienation cause by deteriorating social values

Anpiel : Guardian angel of birds

Antebellum : Relating to the time prior to a war

Antepilani : First and second rank of roman soldiers

Anterior : Before in place

Anterior 1 : Near the forward end

Anterolateral : In front of the body

Anteroom : Small room connected to a larger room

Anthropometry : Practice of measuring the human body

Antientropic : Countering entropy

Antimacassar : Small blanket draped over chairs

Antimacassars : Protective covering for chairs and sofas

Antimony : Chemical element

Antinomianism : Stance against normative law, ethics etc

Antinomical : Tension between principals

Antipathetic : Antagonistic

Antipathy : Repugnance

Antipathy 1 : Distaste

Antiphonal : Is music that is performed by two semi-independent choirs in interaction, often singing alternate musical phrases

Antiquarian : Aficionado of antiquities

Antiquarian 1 : Pertaining to antiquities

Antonomasia : Substituting a title in place of a proper noun

Antrustiones : Bodyguard or military household

Apace : With speed

Apercu : Clever insight

Aperitifs / digestif : Alcohol before/after aglass

Aperitifs / digestif 1 : Alcohol before/after aglass

Apes : Hemicircular recess e.g. sistene

Aphasia : Language disorder

Aphasia 1 : Loss of language skills

Aphasia 2 : Inability to recognize meaning in words

Aphasic : UNDEFINED

Aphonia : Inability to speak

Aphorism : Expression to teach

Aphotic : Without any light

Apical : Sound like 's'. by blocking air through mouth

Aplomb : Poise

Apocrypha : Works of dubious authorship. not of the canon

Apodictic : UNDEFINED

Apogee : Highest point. zenith

Apogee 1 : Highest point, farthest in orbit

Apologia : Formal written defense of one's behavior or stance

Apophthegm : Short witty maxim

Apoplectic : Overcome with anger

Apoplexy : Bleeding of internal organs

Apoplexy 1 : Internal reading

Apoplexy 2 : Sudden diminuation or loss of consciousness

Apoplexy 3 : Great anger and excitement

Apoplexy 4 : Sudden great anger

Apostate : UNDEFINED

Apothegm : Concise saying or maxim

Apotheosis : Highest point, climax

Apotheosis 1 : Peak of climax

Apotheosis 2 : Peak of climax

Apotheosis 3 : Highest point in the development of something. the climax

Apotheosis 4 : Exaltation to divine rank

Apotheosis 5 : Deification

Apotropaic : Supposedly able to ward away evil spirits

Apotropaic 1 : To ward off evil

Apparatchik : Fulltime communist

Appellant : One who appeals

Appellate : Higher court making final decisions wrt lower court decisions

Appellation : Identifying name "the chef's son"

Appellation 1 : Identifying name or title

Apprise : Make aware

Approbation : Expression of warm approval

Appurtenance : Something added to something else, gear for some task etc

Appurtenances : Accessories essentially. things that come along

Apr : Annual percentage rate

Aprobation : Approval or praise

Apron : Hard structure bounding an area

Aqua regis : Very strong acid

Aquastor : Beings created and sustained by concentrated thought

Arabesque : Ornate decoration for walls "linear patterns of tendrils and vines etc"

Arbalest : Crossbow

Arbalest 1 : Crossbow

Arbitrage : Capitalizing on the imbalance between markets

Arc light : As anticipated: bare electricity

Arcade : Series of joined arches

Arcade 1 : Row of arches, architectural

Arcadian : Land of milk and honey stone utopia. think greek roots

Arcana : UNDEFINED

Architectonic : UNDEFINED

Architrave : Lowest part of an entablature, which is the part immediately above the capital of a column

Archosaur : Crocodile and related reptiles

Arcione : Saddlebow

Ardent : Enthusiastic or passionate

Ardor : Passion

Ardor 1 : Great warmth of feeling

Argosy : Merchant ship

Argot : Jargon or slang of a particular group

Argotic : Language relating to thieves and secret clans

Aria : Long accompanied section for a solo voice

Aria 1 : Solo voice melodic piece

Arietta : Short solo voice part

Armamentarium : Sounds like what it is

Armiger : One worthy or bearing a knighthood

Armillary : Consisting of bands

Armonica : Glass blown instrument

Armorial : Related to heraldry

Aroar : Abounding with noise

Arquebus : Matchlock firearm

Arraign : Officially charge someone in court

Arrant : Total

Arras : Tapestry hung on wall

Arras 1 : Tapestry

Arrears : Debt

Arrhythmia : Irregular beating of heart

Arriviste : Ambitious or ruthlessly seld-seeking person

Arrogate : Take claim without permission/allowance

Arrogate 1 : To lay claim to something without right

Arrogate 2 : Falsely claim

Arroyo : Dry creek

Arroyo 1 : Dry creek, wash

Arroyo 2 : Dry creek

Ars longa, vita brevis : Art is long, life is short

Arsinoither : Extinct rhino

Asafoetida : Unpleasant resinous smell

Ashlar : Finely dressed masonry

Ashlar 1 : Large cuboid stone

Ashram : Secluded religious hermitage

Asian : Something without a shadow

Askance : With suspicion or disapproval

Askesis : Severe self-discpline

Asperity : Roughness of tone

Aspersion : An attack on someone's reputation

Aspic : Gelatin meat meal

Aspic 1 : Gelatin meat meal

Aspirate : Draw out by suction

Assay : Noun/verb (a) testing components or substance of a subject

Assayer : Analyzer esp. metallurgical

Assent : Agree to proposal

Asseverate : Declare positively

Assiduous : With great care

Assignation : Meeting for romantic or sexual purposes.

Assize : Session of verdicts

Assizes : Trial

Assuasive : Soothing, calming

Aster : Flower

Astern : In the rear

Astern 1 : Behind

Astigmatic : Blurred as if from astigmatism

Astringent : Constricts body tissues

Astringent 1 : Causing the restriction of soft tissue

Astrolabe : Instrument for gauging the altitude of sun and stars

Astrolabe 1 : Device for measuring altitude of sun and stars

At gratis : By will

Atavistic : UNDEFINED

Atelier : Studio

Atelier 1 : Workship

Atf : Alcohol, tobacco, firearms

Athame : Ceremonial pointed knife or dagger

Atlantes : Support in the structure of a man

Atrial fibrillation : Arhythmia of the heart

Atrox : Cave lion

Atrox 1 : Prehistoric cat

Attainder : Condemnation

Attunement : The quality of being in tune with something

Aubade : Morning love song

Aubergine : Eggplant

Aureate : Golden

Auricle : Another word for atrium of heart

Auspice : UNDEFINED

Auspice 1 : A divine or prophetic token

Auspicious : Of good omen

Auspicious 1 : Lucky or imbued with good fortune

Australopithecus : Southern ape. used as insult (lol)

Auto-da-fa : Act of faith, as in martyrdom, essentially execution or destruction for penance

Autochthon : One of the earliest known inhabitants of a place

Autochthon 1 : Indigenous person

Autochthonous : Oldest inhabitant of any area

Autoclave : UNDEFINED

Autoclave 1 : Pressurized vessel, for experiments

Autos da fá : Burning of a heretic by spanish inquisition

Avail : Make available to

Avant la lettre : Before the term was coined

Avarice : Extreme greed for wealth

Avern : Likely, of a volcano, specifically avernus

Avidity : Greediness

Avocation : A hobby or departure from career

Avocation 1 : A divergence away

Avouch : Declare freely

Avuncular : From an adult to a child

Avuncular 1 : Relating to an uncle

Ayatollah : An authority in islam

Babka : Central and eastern european coffee cake

Bacchanal : An occasion of crazy or drunken revelry

Bacchanalia : Drunken revelry

Bacchic : Jovial with intoxication

Baculiform : Rod shaped

Baculus : Divining rod

Bad grace : Begrudgingly

Badilaire : French sabre

Baffle : Device used to dampen the passage of light, fluid etc

Bagatelle : Insubstantial thing

Bailey : Outer wall of a feudal castle

Bailiff : Public administrator

Bailment : Handing over of control

Baize : Thick woolen blanket resembling felt

Baize 1 : Thick soft woolen cloth, as on a billiards table

Bakelite : Hard thermoset plastic

Bakuninist : Revolutionary anarchist

Baldric : Belt used to hold a sword

Baldric 1 : Belt used to hold a sword

Baleful : Evil, ominous

Balk : Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea

Balk 1 : Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea

Balk 2 : Uncultivated ridge

Balky : Refusing to cooperate

Ballast : Gravel acting as the bed for rail roads

Balmacaan : Loose overcoat

Balsamic : Soothing

Baluchitherium : Huge elephantine long necked mammal

Balustrade : Ornamental column style railing

Balustrade 1 : Rail plus supporting poles

Banal : So lacking in originality so as to be boring

Banausic : Relating to highly technical matters

Bandolier : Shoulder belt with pockets

Bandy words : Pointlessly argue

Barb : Armour for a horse

Barbican : Tower at gates entrance

Barbican 1 : Tower at the entrance to a castle

Barbute : Visorless war helmet

Barcarole : Venetian folk song

Barding : House armor

Barghest : Legendary, monstrous black dog

Barmy : Odd, strange

Barouche : 4-wheeled horse drawn carriage

Barque : Sailing vessel with 3 or more masts

Barrister : A lawyer trained to argue in higher courts

Bartizan : Watchtower on parapet

Bartizan 1 : A parapet with battlements

Barylambda : Hulking prehistoric mammal

Basalt : Igneous rock

Basilosaur : Huge extinct ocean reptile

Bathos : Lapse in mood from sublime to trivial / ridiculous

Bathsheba : Biblical wife of david and prev. uriah

Batrachian : A frog or toad

Batteau : Shallow, flat bottom boat

Battel : Small sum of money given to students

Batten : Revel in

Batten 1 : Thin strip of wood

Battening : Thrive by feeding

Baud : Number of signalling events

Beached : Female hunting hound

Beard : To boldly and bravely oppose or challenge

Beatific : Blissful joy

Beatific 1 : Heavenly

Bedizen : Dress gaudily

Bedlam : Lunatic

Beetle : Protrude

Beeve : Cow, bull

Beget : reproduction

Belfry : Alarm tower

Bell : To bellow or roar

Bell-pull : Rope that rings a bell

Belladonna : Deadly nightshade

Bellicose : War like

Bellicosity : Included or eager to fight

Bellows : a device for administering pressurized air at a specific time

Belvedere : Structure intended to command a view

Belvedere 1 : Turret or raised platform offering a charming view

Bemuse : Bewildered, puzzled

Benediction : A short invocation for divine help

Benediction 1 : Short in vocation for divine help

Benedictus : Praise

Beneficent : Characterized by acts of charity

Benighted : Overtaken by darkness

Benighted 1 : Darkened

Benison : A blessing

Benumbment : To make numb

Berdiche : Poleaxe

Bereavement : Feeling of loss, esp greaving the loss of a relative

Bereft : Robbed of

Berkeleian : Form of idealism where only minds and mental objects exist

Berm : Artificial embankment

Berm 1 : Level space separating two areas

Berm 2 : Narrow ledge or shelf.

Berth : Fixed bunk

Berthing : Act of morning a ship

Berthing 1 : Act of morning a ship

Beryl : Stone of dull bluish green

Beryl 1 : Dull, bluish green

Berylline : Having blue green color

Besotted : Smitten with

Bespeak : Discuss

Bete noir : Object of aversion

Betide : Happen too, nice context. obviously kind of pretentious

Bevel : With a canted edge

Biafra : Secession state in nigeria

Bias-cut : Diagonally cut

Bier : Long platform to transport dead

Bier 1 : Litter to transport a corpse

Bifurcate : Divide, fork

Bight : Curve or recess in geographical feature

Bight 1 : Corner as in an elbow

Bilbao museum : Modernist architecture, a la edmonton art gallery. natural movement with steel etc

Bilge : Rounded portion of a ship's hull

Bilious : Pertaining to bile

Billet : Semi finished length of metal

Bimaristan : Traditional islamic hospital

Bine : Climbing plant

Birdlime : Used to trap birds

Bitumen : Heavy oil

Bitumen 1 : Heavy oil

Bivouac : Improvised camp site

Bivouac 1 : Encampment

Blackjack : A leather covered weapon

Blanch : To take the color out of

Blancmage : Dickensianly simple dessert

Blanket party : Form of hazing by pinning down under blanket and beating

Blench : Make some flinching movement out of fear or pain

Blinkenlight : Hacker slang for status light on computer

Blinkered : With tunnel vision

Blithe : Of happy light-hearted attitude

Block and tackle : Pulley system

Blockhouse : Single building military out post

Bloomery : Forge

Blotter : Small desk addition, scratch pad

Blotter 1 : Highly absorbent paper to protect desk

Blotto : Drunk

Blue movie : Pornography

Bluestocking : Educated, elite academic

Boatswain : Officer in charge of sails

Bocage : Pastureland divided between pasture and woodland

Bocage 1 : Pastureland divided between pasture and woodland

Boche : German soldier

Boche 1 : Offensive and disparaging

Bodkin : Took for making holes in cloth

Bodleian : Old library named for thomas bodley

Boilermaker : Whiskey and beer

Boite : A nightclub

Bole : Stem or trunk of a tree

Bole 1 : Trunk of a tree

Bole 2 : Trunk of a tree

Bole 3 : Trunk

Bolero : Spanish dance triple time

Bollard : Short thick post on which ropes for ship are secured

Bollard 1 : Short thick post on which ropes for ship are secured

Bollard 2 : Strong vertical post of timber

Bollixed : Botched

Bolster : Long cylindrical cushion of sofa

Bolster 1 : Long cylindrical cushion of sofa

Bombazine : Twilled fabric

Bon mots : Witticism

Bondmaid : Female servant

Bone black : Charcoal used in inks an pigments

Bonny : Happy

Boondoggle : Waste of time and money

Borax : White or gray crystalline salt

Borax 1 : White or gray crystalline salt

Bordereau : A detailed statement

Boskage : Thicket

Bosquet : Small copse of trees

Bothy : Small cottage, especially communal

Bouillabaisse : French fish soup; a mixture

Bow : Pointed front of ship

Bowdlerize : Remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective

Bowdlerize 1 : To remove offensive content from a corpus

Bower : Private apartment

Bowsprit : A pointed shaft projecting over the prow of a ship

Brachycephallitic : Short headed

Bracken : Coarse ferns

Brackish : Slightly salty

Brackish 1 : Slightly salty

Brackishness : Unpleasantness

Bradykinesia : Slowness of movement

Brandenburg : German state

Braquemard : Short, thick sword

Brave : To adorn

Bravo : Hired soldier

Bravura : Great technical skill or radiance shown in a performance

Bravura 1 : Great technical skill or radiance shown in a performance

Bravura 2 : Great skill and energy

Brazier : Hanging metal bowl

Breakfront : Piece of furniture in which a central portion extends for display

Breakfront 1 : Any furniture with front part that extends farther than sides

Breechclout : Loincloth

Breeches : Old style of pants

Bren-gun : Machine gun to be mounted on the back of a car, brand name

Brickbat : Piece of brick used as weapon esp. in sock

Bricolage : The creation of an artistic work from a diverse range of things that are around

Brigade : High way robbery /plunder etc

Brigandine : Coat of armour for the body

Brio : Vivacity

Brisance : Shattering potential

Broadloom : Wide rug or carpet

Brocade : Rich fabric

Brocade 1 : Rich fabric, usually silk

Brocade 2 : Rich fabric, usually silk

Brocade 3 : Thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns originally in gold and silver have been woven

Brocade 4 : Thick heavy fabric

Brocade 5 : Thick heavy fabric

Brogue : Heavy shoe of untanned leather

Brogue 1 : Starkly thick dialect

Brogue 2 : Strong irish accent

Bromide : Dull person with conventional thoughts

Brook : Endure

Bruited : To spread like a rumour

Brumal : Wintery

Buccal : Relating to the mouth

Buchenwald : Concentration camp

Buckram : Coarse cotton

Bucolic : Pleasant country living

Bulkhead : Partition in a ship

Bulkheads : Vertical partition in hull of ship

Bum-bailiff : One empowered to collect debts

Bumboat : Small boat for carrying provisions to docked ships

Bunch : Village in germany

Bung : Stopper, alternative to cork

Bung 1 : Stopper, alternative to cork

Bunion : Swollen joint of big toe

Bunting : Strips of festive flags

Burg : City or town

Burgess : A magistrate

Burgess 1 : A citizen

Burgher : Middle class of a town

Burginot : Created helmet

Burnoose : North african robe

Bushmaster : Pit viper

Byzantine : UNDEFINED

Cabbage : Steal, filch

Cabochon : Polished stone

Cabrales : Blue cheese

Cabriolet : Two-wheeled, one horse carriage

Cabriolet 1 : Convertible

Cacafuego : A braggart

Cachet : Special prestige

Cachinate : Laugh loudly and without consideration

Cacogen : One who cannot bear offspring

Cacogen 1 : Sexually impotent, lesser

Cadastral : Relating to public surveying

Cadastral 1 : Relating to surveying

Caddy : Receptacle

Cadge : Beg

Cadge 1 : Beg

Cadmium : Yellow metal

Caduceus : Snakes with staffs. think legal/medical

Caduceus 1 : Wand entwined by two serpents

Caesura : Pause in a line of poetry

Cagliostro : Self-styled "magician"; 18th century alchemist etc

Caique : Small trading vessel

Caique 1 : Small wooden trading vessel

Cairn : Heap of stones functioning as landmark

Cairn 1 : Pile of stones heaped as a landmark

Cairn 2 : Heap of stones acting as land mark

Cairn 3 : Conical stack of stones

Caisson : Two wheeled horse drawn military vehicle

Calabash : Bottle gourd

Calamansis/don : East asian citrus, lime essentially

Calambac : Fragrant wood

Caldarium : Room with hot floor, roman baths

Calico : Unbleached cotton fabric

Calligram : Arranging words to make a picture, poem

Calliope : Carousel organ

Calliope 1 : Musical organ

Callithump : Somewhat riotous parade

Callow : Inexperienced and immature

Calotte : Round concavity or depression

Calotte 1 : Round cavity

Caloyer : Reclusive monk

Caloyer 1 : Reclusive monk

Caloyer 2 : Member of religious order

Calumny : False and accusatory statements to damage someone's reputation

Calumny 1 : A falsification intended to disparage

Calvinism : Branch of protestantism

Cambered : Slightly arched surface

Cameo : Small piece of jewelry, carved in relief

Camisia : Medieval shirt ?

Cammed : A disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.

Campanile : A bell tower

Campanile 1 : Bell tower

Canasta : Card game like rummy

Candent : Glowing as if from heat

Cangue : Heavy wooden yoke

Canny : Knowing

Canopy roads : Under trees that meet above

Canson paper : Art paper

Cant : Talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something

Cant 1 : Jargon of a specific group

Cant 2 : Hypocritical or sanctimonious talk

Cantab : Of cambridge

Canter : Gait of a horse

Canticle : Chant, hymn, or song

Cantilena : Melody in smooth vocal style, potentially vocal

Cantilever : Bar supported on one end and projected out as to support a balcony etc, right angle with respect to attached-to building

Cantle : Raised back of a saddle

Capacious : Spacious and roomy

Capacious 1 : Spacious

Caparison : Laid over for decoration or protection

Caparisoned : Dressed in finery

Caper : Pungent green bud

Capital : Topmost part of a column

Caponize : To castrate

Capot : Belted coat

Capote : Long coat

Capote 1 : Long coat or cloak with hood

Caprice : Sudden and unaccountable change in mood or behavior

Caprice 1 : Sudden change in behaviour

Caprice 2 : Sudden, seemingly unmotivated action/notion

Capriciousness : Erratic change

Caracara : Bird of prey

Cararrh : Expulsion of fluid

Caravanserai : Roadside inn with inner courtyard for caravans

Caravel : Sailing ship

Carbolic : Disinfectant

Carborundum : Crystals used as abrasive

Carbuncular : Red and pimply basically

Carbuncular 1 : Basically red in the face

Carcanet : Richly decorative collar

Careworn : Showing the signs of long term worry

Carillon : Essentially a choir with polyphonics

Carillon 1 : Essentially a choir with polyphonics

Carillon 2 : Set of bells

Cariole : Covered wagon

Carious : Decayed

Carious 1 : As of tooth decay

Carious 2 : Decaying, like teeth

Carmine : Purplish red pigment

Carnatic : Referring to the coast around india

Carnificial : Referring to an executioner

Carp : Complain

Carpus : Group of bones in the wrist

Carrack : Large old ship. think wooden, pirates

Carrack 1 : Large old ship. think wooden, pirates

Carrack 2 : Large european sailing vessel

Carrel : Enclosed area near window for studying

Carrel 1 : Small place for reading in a library

Carrel 2 : Partially partitioned space

Carrel 3 : Partially enclosed space for studying

Carronade : Very short carriage gun

Cartouche : Intricately carved figure

Caryatid : Draped figure of a woman

Caryatid 1 : Draped figure of a woman

Caryatid 2 : Sculpted female figure

Caryatid 3 : Sculpted woman as architectural element

Casemate : Hollow molding, often malaproped to casement

Casern : Lodging for soldiers

Cassava : Tapioca plant

Cassock : Clerical clothing

Cassoulet : Rich stew with beans and meat

Casta : Spanish social heirarchy

Castanets : Small clapper instruments

Castellan : Caretaker of keep

Castellan 1 : Governor

Caster : Wheeled assembly

Casters : Wheeled assembly

Castigation : Infliction of severe punishment

Castor : Pivoting roller affixed to the bottom of furniture

Casuisutry : Answering practical questions via deference to rules. case based reasoning, also can be used as pejorative for specious arguments

Catachreses : UNDEFINED

Catachtonian : Underground

Catafalque : Large platform to house coffin often ornate

Catalepsy : Rigidity of the muscles + desensitivity to pain. numbness++

Catalepsy 1 : Severe bodily condition marked by rigidity and loss of contract with environment

Catalept : A person suffering from catalepsy, a condition of rigidity and unresponsiveness

Catamite : Young man in a sexual relationship with an older man

Catamite 1 : Boy kept by a man for sexual purposes

Cataphract : Armored cavalry man

Cataphract 1 : Soldier covered with defensive armor

Cataphtact : Defensive armor

Cataract : Water spout

Cataract 1 : Large waterfall

Catenaries : Relating to a chain

Catenary : The curve of a hanging chain/rope, attached at both ends

Catepsy : Sudden rigidity of posture

Catexic : Wasting syndrome

Cathartidae : Vultures

Cathected : Invest emotional energy in

Cathected 1 : Charged with emotional energy

Catherine wheel : Spiraling firework style

Catherine wheel 1 : Spiraling firework style

Cathexis : Focusing of mental energy on one specific person idea etc esp unhealthily

Cathexis 1 : Concentration of libido in a single object

Cathexis 2 : Concentration of libido in some specific object

Catoptric : Relating to mirrors

Catskills : Mountain chain in new york

Caudal : Pertaining to the tail

Caul : Tight fitting cap or membrane around baby (rec not googling images)

Caulk : (verb/noun) waterproof

Caulk 1 : Substance used to fill gaps

Causa mali : Cause of evil

Cause belli : Act used to justify war

Cause causans : Immediate cause

Causus fortuitous : Act of god. unpreventable

Cavalcade : Formal procession on horseback or in vehicle

Cavalcade 1 : Company of riders

Caveat emptor : The principle that the buyer alone is responsible for determining if a purchase is worthwhile

Cavort : Dance/writhe excitedly

Cavy : Capybara family

Celerity : Speed esp. of individual components

Celestine : Resembling the heavens

Celluloids : First thermo plastics

Celluloids 1 : First thermo plastics

Celotex : Insulated office ceiling

Cenotaph : Empty tomb

Cenotaph 1 : A monument for the dead

Cenotaph 2 : Monument, especially an empty tomb

Censer : Incense burner

Censer 1 : Used to distribute incense

Censure : Severe disapproval

Censure 1 : Express severe disapproval

Censure 2 : Reprimand

Censure 3 : Official reprimand

Centrifuge : To rotate something to separate components

Ceratoke : Matte black gun finish

Cerbotana : Blowgun

Cerement : Burial garment

Certitude : Certainty

Ceteris paribus : All else being equal

Cha-no-yu : Japanese tea ceremony

Chablis : White wine

Chaffer : Haggle

Chaise : Loveseat

Chaise longue : Reclining chair with long seat

Chalcedony : Hear translucent quartz

Chaldron : English dry measure

Champian : Plane, flat expanse of grass

Chancellor : Important official, general

Chandler : Boat supplies dealer

Chandler 1 : Boat supplies dealer

Chandlery : Candle making

Chanson de roland : Epic poem about battle

Charlady : Woman who cleans houses for a living

Charlatan : Quack or fraud

Charwoman : Someone who cleans houses or offices.

Charybdis : Dangerous italian whirlpool

Chase : To groove or indent

Chasten : Punish

Chastened : Made modest

Chasuble : Outermost vestment of priest (think poncho)

Chatelaine : Mistress of a castle

Chatoyant : A reflectant effect like a spool of silk

Chattel : Movable property

Cheap : Trade

Chechia : Brimless cap with tassle

Chenille : Type of fabric

Chenille 1 : Soft bunchy fabric used to make sweaters

Cherenkov : Blue glowing radiation

Cheroot : Cylindrical cigar

Cheroot 1 : Cylindrical cigar

Cheval glass : Tall dressing mirror

Chevron : Brand or insignia

Chevron 1 : V shaped pattern used in military insignias and stitching

Chez : At the home of

Chiaroscuro : A term originally used in drawing and painting, chiaroscuro is also used in photography and cinematography for techniques of contrasting light and dark

Chiaroscuro 1 : Treatment of light and shadow in visual art

Chiaroscuro 2 : Strong contrasts in art. think portrait with one light source from an oblique angle

Chiaroscuro 3 : Style employing stark constrast

Chicanery : Use deception to achieve ends

Chiffchaff : Small common warbler

Chilblain : A purple-red inflammation

Chiliad : Thousand of something

Chiliarch : Commander of a thousand troops

Chinoiserie : A style in art that convey chinese skill or style

Chintz : Brightly coloured blanket, indian origin

Chintz 1 : Woodblock print

Chippendale : To coco furniture

Chiropodist : Doctor of feet

Chirr : Trilling of an

Chirurgical : Surgery

Chiton : Loose woolen tunic

Chlorotic : Anemic more or less

Choler : Irritability

Chorister : Young member of choir

Chrism : Mix of oil and balsam, ceremonial, roman catholic

Chrism 1 : Mixture of oil and balm

Chronaxy : "in the mathematical description of the functioning of the nervous system, the chronaxie (or chronaxy) is the minimum time over which an electric current double the strength of the rheobase needs to be applied, in order to stimulate a muscle fiber or nerve cell." (wikipedia)

Chthonic : Concerned with the underworld

Chuck : Gently tap

Chymical : Chemical

Chyron : Set of words or graphics at the bottom of a visual broadcast

Ciborium : Vaulted canopy over alter

Cilia : Hair-like appendages on prokaryotes

Cilial : Relating to hairs

Cilice : Leather strap with barbs to remind one of christ's suffering

Cilice 1 : Leather strap studded with metal barbs that cut into the flesh as a reminder of christ's suffering

Cincture : Belt, girdle

Cinquecento : 16th century italian art including architecture, with heavy return to classical themes

Cinquecento 1 : 16th century italian art including architecture, with heavy return to classical themes

Circadian : Referring to the 24 hour bio cycles

Circumambient : Circumambient means walking around.

Circumambient 1 : Surrounding

Circumferentor : Used to measure horizontal angles

Circumscribe : Inscribe around circumference, touch but not intersect

Circumspect : Wary

Circumspect 1 : Mindful of all possible circumstances

Circumspection : Watchfulness

Cistern : Reservoire tank for holding water

Cistern 1 : Reservoir for holding water

Citrine : Goldish yellow color

Civet : Musky animal substance

Clapboard : Wood siding

Claque : Group of people hired to applaud or boo

Claret : Deep red wine

Claret 1 : Purplish red

Clarion : Medieval brass instrument

Clarion 1 : Medieval brass

Clart : Daub

Clave : Cleaver

Clavier : Keyboard of organ

Clavier 1 : Keyed instrument, harmonium etc

Clavier 2 : Keyboard of an organ

Claviger : Keyholder

Claviger 1 : One who carries a club

Clemency : Leniency, mercy

Clemency 1 : Pardon

Clemency 2 : Mercy

Clepsydra : Water clock

Clerestory : Upper part of a wall containing windows

Clerestory 1 : Upper part of a wall containing windows

Clew : Spherical mass

Climacteric : Critical moment or event

Cloaca : Genital crevace

Cloaca 1 : Biological hole to expel waste or (for women) act as a receptacle for semen

Clochard : French beggar

Cloisonne : Alternative to encrusting jewels. baking an enamel between ridges

Cloisonne 1 : Decorative technique for metalwork

Cloisonne 2 : Decorative technique for brass

Clonic : Muscle spasm

Clout : Blow with the hand

Cloying : Disgusting sickness

Coach-and-six : Coach with six horses, and expression for a wealthy person

Coalesce : Come together to form larger form

Coatis : Long, ringed tailed mammal, as seen in mexico

Cockade : Knot of ribbon added to hat

Cockloft : Small attic

Codswallop : Nonsense

Coeval : Of the same time

Coffle : Line of people or animals chained together

Cognoscenti : Those informed on a subject

Cognoscenti 1 : A connoisseur

Coke : Solid residue from roasting coal

Col : Dip on a mountain ridge between 2 peaks

Colic : Severe pains that grip the abdomen

Collate : Examine carefully to discover points of disagreement

Collateral : Parallel to, side by side with

Collation : Light meal

Collet : Segmented band or sleeve put around a shaft for grip

Collier : One who produces coal

Collier 1 : One in the coal business

Collieries : Underground coal mine

Collimate : Focus into a column

Collonade : Long sequence of columns

Collonade 1 : Long sequence of columns

Colloquy : Conversation

Collyrium : Liquid wash for eyes

Colonnade : Think pantheon columns

Colophon : A mark at the end of a manuscript detailing place of origin. something of a signature, metaphorically

Coloquintada : Bitter plants

Columbine : Bell shaped flower

Comber : Long curling wave

Comfit : Nut, fruit, or seed coated in sugar

Commiseration : Pity, sympathy

Commissar : Member of the communist party in charge of political education

Commissary : Store for soldiers or prisoners

Commission : Remuneration

Commode : Low chest with drawers

Commodious : Spacious and convenient

Commodious 1 : Spacious

Commonweal : Common good

Compact : Agreement

Companion ladder : Ladders up from quarterdeck, nautical

Companionway : Steps between decks

Companionway 1 : Steps between decks

Comport : Fitting, accord

Comportment : Personal behaviour

Compunction : Feeling of guilt

Compunction 1 : A strong sense of uneasiness as from guilt

Concatenate : UNDEFINED

Concertina : Instrument in the accordian family

Concessive : Pertaining to a concession

Conciliation : The process of bringing peace

Conciliatory : UNDEFINED

Conclave : Meeting of cardinals

Concourse : Large open space in front of building

Concupiscence : Ardent sensual longing

Concupiscent : Lustful

Condottiere : Mercenary leader

Condottieri : Leaders of professional military

Coney : Rabbit

Confab : Speak casually

Confabulate : Speak casually

Conferva : Algae

Confiteor : Prayer said during penitence

Conflagration : Extensive fire that destroys much land/buildings

Conflation : Merging two sets of information

Confluence : Come together as a team

Confound : Cause surprise or confusing by acting against expectations

Confound 1 : Cause surprise or confusing by acting against expectations

Confutatis : When the cursed have been confounded

Confute : Overwhelm in argument

Congenial : Pleasant because of similar personalities, interests etc

Congenital : Relating to some condition present at birth

Congeries : A disorderly collection

Conjugal : Relating to marriage

Conjugally : Of or relating to spouses / marriages

Conjugate : United in pairs

Connubial : State of being married

Consommé : Clear broth made from reduced meat

Constabulary : Like police

Consternation : Anxiety

Constituency : Body of voters

Constitute : Be a part of a whole

Contemporaneous : Existing at the same point in time

Contessa : Countess

Continence : Self restraint

Contralto : Lowest female singing voice

Contrapunt : In counterpoint

Contretemps : Embarrassing event

Contrition : Weariness

Contrition 1 : Penitence

Contrition 2 : Sincere penitence

Contrivance : Of so and so's "ontrivance", i.e. creation

Contumely : Insolent contempt

Contusions : Ruptured capillaries beneath skin

Convalesce : Regain strength / recover

Convalescence : Time spent recovering from an illness or injury

Convalescence 1 : Gradual healing

Convalescents : Those returning to health

Conventicle : Secret or illegal religious meeting

Conversion van : Full size cargo van

Convivial : Agreeable

Convivial 1 : Joyous, as of great feast

Convivial 2 : As of a feast

Coolies : Unskilled asian worker

Cooper : Barrelmaker

Cooze : Derogatory, vagina

Coping : Top layer of a brick wall

Coppice : Grove of small growth

Coprophage : Organism that subsides on feces. used in the brilliant "coprophagously agrin"

Coquina : Building material made out of crushed shells

Coracle : Small circular oblong boat

Cordial : Non-carbonated soft drink

Cordon : Line of people around an area

Cordwain : Type of leather

Corf : Large basket for coal

Coriolis : Inertial force in rotating frame of reference

Cornet : Bigger trumpet

Cornet 1 : Troop of cavalry

Cornice : Ornamental moulding around ceiling

Cornice 1 : Ornamental moulding around ceiling

Cornice 2 : Architectural feature overhanging high on wall for redirecting water

Cornice 3 : Crowning on a roof

Corniche : Road on side of mountain, ascending slope on one side, falling slope on other

Cornpone : Stereotypically southern

Corona lucis : Circle of lights

Coronary : Something encircling somethingsomething

Corpore portis : A sound body

Corpus delicti : Body of the crime

Corpus delicti 1 : Evidence that crime has occurred

Corpus delictii : Evidence of a crime

Corpuscle : Minute particle

Corpuscule : Minute cell

Corselet : Body armour

Corslet : Full chest armor

Cortege : Funeral procession

Corticate : Sheathed in bark

Corundum : An extremely hard mineral

Coruscant : Gleaming, shimmering

Coruscant 1 : Emitting flashes of light

Coruscate : To sparkle, shine

Coryphaeus : Conductor of a drama choir

Coryphee : Leader in ballet or drama

Coryphodon : Ancient hippo like creature

Cosmogenies : Study of origin of universe solar system etc

Cosmography : The general features of earth or the universe, not geography/astronomy

Costermonger : Trader who sells fruits and vegetables

Costive : Constipated

Coterie : Elite "in-group"

Cotes : Cottage or hut

Cothurni : Half boot

Cotton : To get on with someone

Countenance : Face or facial expression

Countenance 1 : Face or facial expression, support

Countenance 2 : To approve of something

Counterpane : Topmost covering of a bed

Counterpane 1 : Topmost covering of a bed

Counterscarp : Outer slope of a fortified ditch

Countrified : Rural, uncouth

Coup de theatre : Twist in play

Courtesans : One attending a royal court

Coutel : Medieval short knife

Cove : Fellow

Covenantal : Pertaining to a covenant

Covent : Convent

Coverlet : Quilted blanket

Cozen : To become familiar with

Cozen 1 : To deceive

Cozen 2 : Defraud

Crane dolly : A camera dolly with a crane that holds the camera.

Crankcase : Covering of a crankshaft

Crappie : Sunfish

Craquemarte : Heavy, curved sword

Cravat : Wide fabric worn as necktie

Cravat 1 : Neck band

Craven : With complete lack of courage

Craw : Stomach of an animal

Creche : Representation of the trinity

Creche 1 : Representation of nativity scene (carving)

Credulity : Tendency to believe something as real

Creel : Wicker basket

Creel 1 : Wicker basket for carrying fish

Creel 2 : Basket to catch fish

Creel 3 : Basket, as is used to hold fish

Crenellation : Holes along too if fortified wall to shoot through

Crenellation 1 : Pattern along the top of a parapet

Crenellations : Pattern at top of parapet

Creosote : Wood tar

Creosote 1 : Carbonaceous chemicals

Creosote 2 : Yellow flowering plant

Crepe de chine : Thin silk

Crepitation : Crackling

Crepitous : Grating, popping

Crepuscular : Of or relating to twilight

Crepuscular 1 : Relating to twilight

Crepuscular 2 : Relating to twilight

Crepuscular 3 : Relating to twilight

Crepuscule : Twilight

Crib : Piece of information to aid in decoding something

Crimp : Fastener

Criollo : Members born into spanish colonies in 16th century

Crosa nostra : Italian gang "our thing"

Cross-tie : Beam between rails

Crossruff : Hand in bridge

Croton : Evergreen shrub

Crouch de guerre : Military decoration

Croup : Larynx sickenss

Croupier : Person who collects bets and plays with clients at casino

Crucible : UNDEFINED

Crucible 1 : Place where different pressures come to resolve

Crucible 2 : Heat resistant container

Crump : Sound of muffled explosion

Crupper : Strap under horse's trail to avoid slipping

Crèche : Nativity scene

Cubicula : Small bedroom

Cubit : Ancient unit of measurement

Cubit 1 : Small distance

Cucurbit : Type of gourd or gourd shaped receptacle for holding chemicals

Cucurbit 1 : Receptacle, say for gourds

Cuffin : Man

Cuir boli : Boiled leather

Cuirasse : Protective torso armor

Culpable : Degree to which someone can be held accountable

Cultus : Accepted religious rights

Culverin : Proto musket

Culvert : Transverse channel under road

Cumaean : Oracle

Cumaean 1 : Of cumae, though referring to their famous oracle

Cumbrous : Cumbersome

Cunctation : An act of delaying

Cupiditiy : Extreme greed

Cupidity : Extreme greed

Cupidity 1 : Extreme greed for wealth

Cupola : Small domish structure on top of building

Cupric : Relating to copper

Curate : Priest

Curate 1 : Parish priest

Curate 2 : Assistant vicar

Curry : Groom a horse

Curvette : Frolic

Cuspid : Single cusped tooth, canine

Cussed : Obstinate

Cuvee : Wine of mixed grape varieties

Cyclone fencing : Chain link fencing

Cyclopean : Ancient architecture with massive stone blocks

Cymar : Light loose dress for women

Cynaeus : Azure blue

Cynocephalus : Ape with the head of a dog

Dacha : Seasonal year round second home

Daff : Daffodil

Daguerreotype : UNDEFINED

Daimyo : Feudal lords japan

Dais : Platform, or throne

Dais 1 : Platform, or throne

Dais 2 : Platform, or throne

Dalliances : Sexual encounters

Damask : Ornate silk fabric

Damassin : Type of brocade with flower patterns

Dame's-rocket : Pretty white and purple flower

Damocles : Sword of damocles, hanging

Dandle : Doddle, play with like a child

Dashiki : Bright, loosely colored african shirt

Daub : Crude or amateurish painting

Davenport : Sofa

Davit : Small crane on board a ship

Davit 1 : Small crane on board a ship

Davits : Small crane on ship

Davits 1 : Small crane on ship

Daymark : A mark visible only during the day to help travellers

De rigeur : Required by current fashion / convention

Dea : Drug enforcement administration

Dearth : Scarcity or lack if complications

Decamerous : In tens

Decanter : Gentle pouring vessel

Decanting : Separation of liquids

Declaim : Deliver words in an impassioned way. like to an audience

Declaim 1 : Strongly object to

Declension : Way of categorising nouns, pronouns or adjectives

Declension 1 : Parts of speech categorization

Declivity : As in decline

Decoction : Extraction of essence of something by boiling down

Decoction 1 : The essence of something

Decollate : To behead

Decolletage : A neckline revealing or enhancing cleavage

Decolletage 1 : Low neckline

Decumbent : Lying on ground with extremity curving upwards

Deep six : Get rid of

Defaulter : One who fails to fulfill obligation

Deference : Courteous yielding

Defilade : Fortification against fire

Defile : A narrow passage between mountains

Defraud : Illegally acquire money

Defraying : Provide money to cover costs

Degauss : Eliminate/remove magnetic strip from (e.g. computer etc)

Deify : To treat as worthy of worship

Deism : Belief in non-intervening or non-supernatural god

Delator : Informer

Delectation : Pleasure

Deleterious : Harmful in an unexpected way

Delicatesse : Tact

Deliquescent : Melting away

Delphic : Relating to a womb

Deluge : Great flood of water

Deluge 1 : Flood

Delusive : Producing delusions

Demagog : Pandering to the masses for selfish gain

Demagogue : Political orator who gains favour by pandering

Demagogy : Pandering to the masses for selfish ends

Demesne : Lord's cheif manor

Demijohn : Large bottle with short neck

Demilance : Light soldier

Demilune : Crescent

Demimonde : Prosititutes kept by the wealthy

Demimonde 1 : Hedonists

Demiurge : Being responsible for creation of universe

Demotic : Vulgar

Demurrage : Detention of ship during loading or unloading beyond scheduled time

Dendriform : Branching like a tree

Dentrifice : Paste for cleaning teeth

Denude : Expose by erosion

Denuded : Stripped bare

Denuded 1 : Exposed, esp. by erosion

Denuded 2 : Exposed by erosion

Denuded 3 : Exposed by erosion

Denuded 4 : Exposed by erosion

Deodand : Object forfeited to the state

Depilatory : That removes hair

Deportment : Public behavior

Deportment 1 : Public behaviour

Depredate : To ransac

Depredation : Raid or predatory attack

Depredation 1 : Predatory raid

Derby : Round hat

Dernier cri : Latest sensation

Descant : Independent melody treble

Descant 1 : Lengthy discourse

Descant 2 : Lengthy discourse

Descants : One singer sings melody others jump in with improvisation

Desipience : Silliness

Despotic : Tyranical

Destrier : A warhorse

Destrier 1 : Large warhorse

Desuetude : Disuse

Desultory : Lacking plan, or enthusiasm

Desultory 1 : Lacking plan purpose or motivation

Desultory 2 : Out of the way; marginalic

Detumescence : See above

Deturgecense : State of dehydration

Devoirs : Duty

Devoirs 1 : Duty

Devolution : Transfer of powers

Dewar : A vacuum flask

Dextrorotation : Clockwise rotation

Dhole : Asian wild dog

Dhoti : Loincloth

Dhow : Traditional sailing vessel with single sail

Diadem : ornamental crown

Diadem 1 : Ornamental headband

Diaden : Crown

Dialectical : Pertaining to logical conclusions through discussion of opposing ideas

Dialectical : Relating to the discussion of logic or ideas

Diaphanous : Light, delicate and traslucent

Diaphanous 1 : Light delicate and translucent

Diaphonous : Translucent

Diatryma : Large prehistoric bird

Didactic : Intended to teach with moral instruction as ulterior motive

Dies irae : Day of wrath

Dietetic : Related to diets

Dietetic 1 : Relating to diet

Diffidence : Modesty or shyness

Diffident : Lacking self confidence

Dilatory : Causing delay

Dilatory 1 : Deliberately delayed

Dilatory 2 : Intended to gain time

Dilettante : Someone who cultivates shallow knowledge in some field.

Dint : The force or power of

Dipsomania : Alcoholism

Diptych : An artwork of two pieces hinged together

Discomfit : Make someone feel uneasy or embarrassed

Discommode : Cause inconvenience

Disctaphone : As in microphone for dictation

Dished : Concave

Disinter : Dig up

Dispensation : Despensing especially of good or evil by god

Disport : Amuse oneself distractingly

Dispossessed : Deprive someone of something they own, i.e. land power etc

Dispossessed 1 : To have something typically land revoked

Dispossessed 2 : To have something typically land revoked

Disputatious : With a disputed quality

Disquisition : Lengthy analysis

Disquisition 1 : Lengthy formal discourse

Disquisition 2 : Sustained inquiry

Dissemble : Feign

Dissemble 1 : To feign not noticing

Dissimulate : Practiced feigning, deception

Dissimulation : The act of concealing the truth

Dissimulation 1 : Act of concealing the truth

Dissipation : Dissolute course of life, squandering

Dissolute : Unrestrained by morality

Distaff : Female side of a family

Distaff 1 : Little club to state weaving material around

Distal : Situated away from the end of the body

Distal 1 : Situated away from the end of the body

Distich : Two line stanza making complete sense

Distillate : The essence of something

Dithyramb : Choral hymn

Dithyramb 1 : Accomplished orator

Dithyrambic : Choral hymn to honor gods

Diurnal : Occuring during the day, opposite of nocturnal

Divagate : Ramble on

Divagation : Straying off course

Divan : Couch like furniture

Divan 1 : Couch like furniture

Divertimento : Piece with several short movements

Divested : To free of

Dixie : Sweetheart

Docent : Instructor

Dodecanese : Islands in greece

Doff : Remove as a token if respect

Doff 1 : Remove as a token if respect

Doggerel : Comic, crude

Doggerel 1 : Crude or irregular construction

Dole : Payment by the state for unemployment

Dole 1 : State payment to unemployed

Doleful : Mournful

Dolicocephalic : Literally long-headed (latin)

Dolman : Long, loose garment

Dolmen : Prehistoric tomb

Dolor : State of great sorrow or distress

Dombicella : Maiden

Domotics : Robots at home

Donjon : Fortified tower

Donjon 1 : Fortified tower

Dormer : Room-like roofed projection

Dormer 1 : Roof like projection

Dormers : Sloped, domed projection off a roof

Double-entry ledger : Book tracking corresponding debit and credit from corresponding accounts.

Douce : Pleasant

Douceur : Sweetness of manner

Doughty : Bold

Doughty 1 : Courageous

Dovecote : Small room raised above hous

Dovetail : Interlocking fan joint

Doxies : Sweetheart, prostitute or mistress

Doxology : An expression of praise to god

Doxology 1 : Expression of praise to god

Doxy : A prostitute

Doxy 1 : Mistress

Doyen : Commander in charge of men

Dr gustibus non est disputandum : There is no disputing about taste

Draft : Minimum with of water a ship can safely navigate

Draft 1 : Minimum with of water a ship can safely navigate

Dragnet : Heightened efforts by law enforcement to catch suspects

Dragoon : Cavalry man

Dramaturgy : The art of theatre

Dray : Horse drawn cart

Dray 1 : Horse drawn carriage

Drayage : Transport of goods over a short distance

Drayman : Delivery man

Drecky : Trashy

Droit du seigneur : The right to have sex with subordinate women

Droll : Buffoon

Dropsy : Tip

Dross : Worthless, rubbish

Dross 1 : Impure matter

Drover : One who drives animals

Drubbing : Thorough beating

Ducal : Relating to dukes

Duce : Italian commander

Ductwork : Metal piping on ceiling

Duff : Decaying vegetation

Dulcinea : Sweetheart

Dumbledore : A bumblebee

Dunsel : Something useless, especially nautical

Duomo : Italian cathedral church

Duress : Threats constraints etc that force someone to do something against their will

Dyad : Set of two elements treated as a pair

Dyadic : Pertaining to the number two

Dyke : Levee

Dyke 1 : Levee

Dyskinesia : Jerky movements

Dyspepsia : Indigestion

Dyspeptic : UNDEFINED

Dyspeptic 1 : Irritable

Dyspeptic 2 : Irritable

Dysphemism : Blatantly offensive word used in place of a neutral one

Dyspnea : Shortness of breath

Dysthymia : Tendency to depression

Dystonic : A condition where muscles spasm, causes jerks and ticks

Dystrophy : Wasting of body tissues

Décolletage : Low neckline

Démarche : Political maneuver

Déraciné : One who is uprooted

Détente : Relaxing of tension

Dévoré : Distinct fabric with raised pile

Eagre : Tidal bore

Eagre 1 : Tidal bore

Ebulition : Act of bubbling or boiling

Ebullient : With excessive cheer

Ebullient 1 : Full of energy and excitable

Ebullient 2 : Enthusiastic

Ecchymosis : Discoloration of the skin cause by bleeding underneath

Ecclesiastical : UNDEFINED

Echopraxia : Involuntary matching of someone's body language

Eclat : Brilliant it successful effect

Ecliptic : Plane that the planets rotate around

Ecru : Beige

Ectogenesis : Artificial babies

Ecumenical : General in extent

Ecumenical 1 : Worldwide

Ecumenical 2 : Of worldwide applicability

Edema : Swelling, accumulations of tissue

Edenic : Like eden

Edifice : Large imposing building

Edifice 1 : Imposing building

Edify : Instruct or improve morally or spiritually

Edify 1 : To uplift

Edifying : Enlightening, educating

Edulcorate : To free from acidity

Efface : Erase

Effacement : The act of wiping out

Effluent : Sewage that flows to sea

Effluvia : Gaseous or vaporous emission

Effluvium : Gaseous emission, especially a foul smelling one

Effulgence : Radiant splendor

Effusion : Liquid poured forth

Egosyntonic : Acts that align with the drives of the ego.

Eidetic : Perfect memory

Eidetic 1 : The ability to recall / remember

Eidolon : Image or representation of an idea

Eisegesis : Interpretation of scripture imbued with the interpreter's biases

Elan : Enthusiasm or vigour

Elan 1 : Zeal

Elastic : All things contribute to some whole 'being'

Elector : Prince in the holy roman empire

Elegiac : As in morning

Elegiac 1 : Pertaining to an elegy (threnody)

Elide : To omit vowels

Elision : Joining or merging things particularly abstract ideas

Elision 1 : Phonetic omission

Elision 2 : Deliberate omission of something

Ell : Measure of cloth

Elocution : Public speaking

Elutriate : Decant

Elver : Young eel

Elytra : Sheath or outer covering

Embolus : Obstruction causing embolism

Embrasure : UNDEFINED

Embrasure 1 : Slanting indent in wall

Embrasure 2 : Slanted indentation in a wall for a door or window

Emeritus : Having retired but retaining title out of honour

Emetic : Something that induces vomiting

Emetic 1 : Causing vomiting

Emetic 2 : Causing vomiting

Emily post : Famous classic writer on etiquette

Emissary : Agent in a mission

Emissary 1 : Agent sent on a mission to represent someone elsr

Emmantaler : Swiss cheese

Empale : Obsolete impale

Emprise : Enterprise

Emprise 1 : Enterprise

Empyrean : Region of pure light and fire

Empyreuma : Smell of animal decay

En effet : In effect

Enchase : To set as in a gem

Enclosure : Surrounding something by boundaries (context of crime??)

Encomium : Piece of writing or speech deeply praising someone/thing

Endear : Make more precious

Enervated : Drained of vitality

Enervated 1 : Drained of energy, weakened

Enfilade : Flanking fire manoeuvre in warfare or contiguous rooms on flank of building.

Enfilade 1 : Straight passage

Enfin : In conclusion

Engross : Buy wholesale

Enjambment : Carrying a sentence over to the next line

Enmity : Hostility

Ensign : Low ranking officer

Entelechy : Realizing of potential

Enteric : Relating to digestion

Entheal : Divinely enspired

Entlosung : Final solution

Entreat : Nervously ask someone to do something

Entrepot : Place to store trade etc goods

Entresol : Mezzanine

Ephebe : 20 year old undergoing military training

Ephemeral : Lasting for a very short time

Ephemeral 1 : Lasting a very short time

Ephemeral 2 : Lasting for a very brief time

Ephemeris : Table listing positions of celestial bodies

Ephor : Superintendent

Epicede : Funeral song or ode

Epicene : Lack of gender distinction

Epictetus : Greek philosopher

Epicurean : UNDEFINED

Epigram : Short, witty poem expressing a single thought

Epigrammatic : UNDEFINED

Epiphyseal : Rounded end of a long bone

Episcopate : Bishops of a church

Epistle : Letter, poem

Epistolary : Of or relating to the writing of letter

Epistolary 1 : Wrt letters

Epopt : One inducted in the secret mysteries of some caste

Epopt 1 : One initiated in a secret system, practice

Epopt 2 : One instructed in the secret mysteries (esp eleusinian)

Epsilon(t)ics : Mathematical theory using explicit error bounds rather than infinitesimals

Equable : Not easily disturbed or angered

Equable 1 : Not easily disturbed or angered

Equinoctial : Relating to the autumnul equinox

Equivocate : Use ambiguous language to answer without revealing true stances etc

Erebus : Personification of darkness

Eremite : Hermit

Eremite 1 : Religious reclue

Eremite 2 : Hermit

Erinys : Furies

Errant : Roming about

Erstwhile : In the past

Erudite : UNDEFINED

Erumpent : Bursting through the surface. see, eruption

Eschar : A dry dark scab or scar

Escheat : To confiscate

Escritoire : Small writing desk with drawers and compartments

Escritoire 1 : Small writing desk with drawers and compartments

Escrow : Funds holder

Escrow 1 : Written instrument

Escutcheon : Emblem / coat of arms etc

Escutcheon 1 : Coat of arms

Escutcheon 2 : Guard with hole, as around a key hole to prevent scratching

Espadrille : Light shoe

Espalier : A lattice work that trains plants

Espalier 1 : Lattice work used to train the limbs of a plant

Espouse : As in spouse; support/get married to

Estafette : A dispatch writer

Estafette 1 : Mounted courier

Estoc : Large two handed sword

Estrus : Period in female animals when they are willing to engage in coitus

Etesian : Dry north mediterranean wind

Ethnarch : Governor of a province

Ethology : Study of the human ethos

Etioligy : Establishment of a cause

Etiology : UNDEFINED

Euonymus : Decorative woody plant

Euphroe : Wood that holds up awning

Eurydice : Orpheus's wife

Evagination : Process of turning outward or inside out

Evagination 1 : Process of turning outward or inside out

Evanesce : Pass out of sight, memory, or existence

Evection : Modification of lunar orbit by sun's gravity

Evince : Manifest

Evzone : Presidential guard

Ewer : Large jug with wide mouth

Ewer 1 : Pitcher

Ex post facto : Retroactive

Ex post facto 1 : Retroactively

Ex-voto : Religious offering given to fulfill a vow

Exacerbate : Make worse

Excelsior : Packing material

Except : Left offstage

Excoriate : Flay (heavily criticise)

Excrescence : Outgrowth on human or animal life, especially like a tumor

Excrescence 1 : An abnormal outgrown

Execrable : Detestable, extremely bad

Execrate : Curse brutally, abhor

Executant : Performer

Exedra / apse : Quarter sphere recession think churches

Exegetical : Giving explanation

Exhortation : UNDEFINED

Exhortation 1 : Speech to inspire action

Exigency : Urgent need or demand

Exigency 1 : Urgent need or pressure

Exigency 2 : Requiring immediate attention

Exigency 3 : Demand of a situation

Exigency 4 : Demand of a situation

Exiguous : Meager

Exophthalmic : Protruding eyes

Expound : Explain in systematic detail

Expropriate : Deprive a person of their private property for public use

Expurgate : Remove erroneous or obscene material

Exquisite corpses : Surrealist game where subsequent people finish sentences

Extemporaneous : Spoken without preparation

Extemporize : To improvise

Extenuate : To make a crime seem less serious

Extern : Someone affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity

Extirpate : To pull up from the roots

Extirpated : Pulled up from the roots

Extruding : To push or thrust out

Extrusion : Process by which billet is pushed through die

Exult : Express jubilation

Exurbs : Region beyond suburbs

Fabulator : Writer and student of fables

Facet : Flat surface cut into gem

Factitious : Artificial

Factotum : Support staff doing various jobs

Faille : Fabric of cotton, silk, or rayon, with slight ribs

Fain : With great pleasure

Fait accompi : Something undeniably done

Fait accompli : Something already completed before parties hear of it, so they must merely accept the outcome

Fait accompli 1 : Something already completed before parties hear of it, so they must merely accept the outcome

Falcate : Curved like a sickle

Falchion : Curved sword

Falsum in unum : False in one thing

Famula : Familiar

Faradisation : Electrical stimulation, for therapy

Farinaceous : Starchy

Farrier : Caretaker for horse's feet

Fasciae : Plate covering or surrounding

Fashion plate : Someone who wears all the most current fashions

Fastidious : With intense attention to detail

Fastness : Fortress

Fata morgana : Complex horizon mirage esp. over water

Fatuity : Stupidity

Fatuous : Silly and pointless

Faufreluches : Caste system of society? (dune only??)

Fausse maigre : One who carries their weight well

Fauvist : Art style utilizing bright, expressive colors

Fealty : An oath of allegiance

Fearnought : Stout woolen cloth

Feather-cut bangs : Think taylor swift

Febrile : Full of nervous energy

Febrile 1 : Full of nervous energy

Fecund : Capable of bearing fruit

Fecundity : Fertility

Feif : Organization over which one person commands or elite group exercises control.

Felicity : Bliss

Fell : Rocky chain of mountains

Fellah : Egyptian peasant

Felucca : Egyptian sail boat river sized

Felucca 1 : Egyptian boat as used on the nile

Feria : A weekday in which no feast is observed for christian reasons

Ferruginous : Like iron

Ferrule : Metal tip at end of handle to hold in place

Fervent : Great emotion or zeal

Fescue : Teacher's pointer

Fescue 1 : Teacher's pointer

Festoon : A string or garland as of e.g. flowers

Festoon 1 : Ornament such as garland or chain

Festoon 2 : Ornamentation

Fetch : Wraith

Fetlock : Joint of horse leg

Fetter : Chain

Feudatory : Feudal vassal

Feverfew : English perennial herb

Fiacre : A carriage for hire

Fiacre 1 : Carriage for hire

Fiat : Formal decree

Fibrosis : Additional fiber growth

Fibula : Ancient brooch to clasp clothing

Ficus : Rubber plant

Fidelity : Faithfulness

Fiduciary : One who has legal responsibility or care over another, typically wrt money

Fiduciary 1 : Legal relationship of trust

Figurant : Member of dance troupe who only performs in groups

Figurante : Ballet dancer

Filbert : Hazelnut

Filial : Regarding a son or daughter

Filigree : Delicate and intricate ornamentation

Filigree 1 : Delicate and intricate ornamentation

Filigree 2 : Delicate gold or silver ornamentation

Fillip : Something that excites or stimulates, like a flick

Fimble : Fumble archaic

Fin de siècle : "end of century [19th]" style

Fin de siècle 1 : "end of century [19th]" style

Fin-de-siecle : Up to date

Finial : Knot at top of gothic architecture

Finial 1 : Not at peak of gothic design

Fire dog : Iron structure to lay logs on over an open flame

Firebrand : Someone passionate about s particular

Fireplug : Fire hydrant

Firmament : UNDEFINED

First army : United states army

Fixed : With yellowish brown stains, as on paper

Fixity : State of being fixed

Flack : Publicity agent

Flack 1 : Publicize or promote

Flageolet : Small flute

Flagstone : Generic flat stone

Flambeau : Burning torch

Flange : External rim or rib

Flavid : Yellow (zoology)

Flaw : A shard, fragment

Flemish school painting : Think classical almost medieval. slight departure from realism

Flense -ched : Slice the skin or flesh off of

Flexion : Act of bending a joint

Flexure : Act of bending

Flinders : Small fragments, splinters

Fliver : Jalopey

Floriated : With floral ornamentation

Florid : Excessively over-complicated

Florid 1 : Excessively complicated

Flotilla : Fleet of ships

Flounce : To move with exaggerated anger or annoyance

Flounce 1 : Strip of decorative material

Fluoroscopically : As in an xray

Fluvial : Like a stream

Fluxion : Differential calculus

Fob : To impose upon someone

Foeman : An enemy

Foie gras : Duck liver

Foie gras 1 : Duck liver

Folletto : Goblin

Foment : Instigate or stir up

Foment 1 : Incite

Foolscap : Writing paper

Foolscap 1 : Type of paper

Footling : Unimportant

Footman : Waiter, bellboy type

Fop : A dandy

Forbearance : Patient self control

Forbearance 1 : Patient self control

Force majeure : Overriding clause

Forcemeat : Meat chopped finely and heavily seasoned

Forecastle : Raised part at front of ship

Formica : Plastic laminate

Formication : Feeling of bugs on or under skin (!!)

Formication 1 : Feeling of bugs on skin

Formulary : List of drugs

Fortuitous : By chance

Foundling : Abandoned

Fourragere : Braided cord awarded for military feat

Fractious : Trouble-causing

Fractious 1 : Given to trouble making

Frangible : Fragile

Freeboard : Vertical distance between waterline and uppermost watertight deck

Freshet : Flood of river as from rain etc

Fret-saw : Precise hand saw

Freytagian : UNDEFINED

Friable : Easily broken down into small fragments

Fricasee : Meat cut into small cubes and served in its own gravy

Fricatrice : Female masturbator, lewd woman generally

Friesien : Black and white cow or horse

Frigate : Type of war ship

Frippery : Ostentation

Frith : Asylum

Fronton : Racket ball

Frowsy : Scruffy, rough

Frowzy : Scruffy and neglected

Fructifying : Producing fruit

Fruitwood : Wood of a fruit tree

Fucus : Brown algae

Fucus 1 : Brown algae

Fug : Heavy, unpleasant atmosphere

Fugitive : One running to avoid capture

Fulgurant : Resembling lightning

Fulgurate : Cauterize with electricity

Fulgurator : One who predicts the future using lightning

Fulham : Area in south east london

Fuligin : Soot

Fuliginous : Resembling soot

Fulminant : Something with an explosive character as in happening quickly and suddenly

Fulminant 1 : Severe and sudden in onset

Fulminate : Issue verbal attack

Fulminous : Explosive

Fulsome : Generous or abundant

Fume cupboard : Think staging area for chemists

Fume cupboard 1 : Think staging area for chemists

Fungible : Able to be substituted for something of equal value

Fungo bat : Small diameter bat

Funicular : Inclined plane

Funicular 1 : Inclined plane

Furbelow : Pleated birder of a skirt

Furlough : Leave of absence esp. army

Furlough 1 : Leave of absence

Furrow : Long narrow trench

Furrow 1 : Shallow trench

Furrow 2 : Trench cut in soil

Furtive : Attempting to avoid notice

Furtive 1 : Trying to avoid being noticed

Furtive 2 : Exhibiting guilt

Furze/bill hook : Large blade for reaping

Fusil : Flintlock musket

Fusillade : Firearms fired continuously on command

Fusillade 1 : Simultaneous firing of a number of firearms

Fustian : Pompous

Fusty : Moldy or musty

Futurists : Old artistic movement "industrialization and speed" etc

Gable : Triangular hollow under pitch of roof

Gable 1 : Triangular section of roof connecting two portions

Gaff : Spear or spearhead

Galleass : A rowable vessel with sails

Galleass 1 : Larger version of galley

Galley : Long slender ship

Gallinpot : Small glazed earthenware jar

Galloon : Braided trimming

Galoot : Clumsy or uncouth person

Galvanic : Energized

Galvanize : "shock" into action

Gambog : Deep yellow

Gambol : Run or jump playfully about

Gambol 1 : Frolic

Gamboll : To frolic

Gamin : Homeless boy, street urchin

Gaminish : UNDEFINED

Gangue : Earthy waste substance

Gaol : Jail

Gaoler : Jailer, archaic

Garde manger : Cool, well ventilated area where cold dishes are prepared

Garret : Attic

Garret 1 : Attic

Garrulous : Excessively talkative

Garrulous 1 : Excessively talkative

Gateaux sec : Biscuit

Gauche : Lacking social graces

Gauche 1 : Lacking social graces

Gauleiter : Political office governing during nazi rule

Gauleiter 1 : Political office governing during nazi rule

Gazetteer : Geographical dictionary

Gefilte fish : Stuffed fish

Gegenscheim : Faint lightening of the night sky around the equator directly opposite the sun.

Gelding : Castrated male horse

Gelid : Icy, extremely cold

Gematria : Jewish cipher

Gematria 1 : Cabalistic method of interpreting hebrew letters in terms of numbers

Gendarmerie : Military component with jurisdiction as law enforcement

Genius loci : Figure watching over a place

Gentility : Having good upper class breeding

Geriatric : Relating to old people

Gerrymander : The breaking up of territory into electoral districts so that one political party has a majority in as many districts as possible. on the other hand, gerrymandering has a broader meaning: creation of any irregularly-shaped electoral districts for any reason, including partisan political advantage or ensuring minority representation.

Gesamtlosung : Total solution

Gestalt : Mind shape???

Gewurztraminer : White wine

Gibbet : Gallows

Gibbuous : Characterized by convexity

Gide : French nobel laureate

Gig : Light narrow boat

Gig 1 : Light narrow boat

Gigue : Dance derived from jig

Gild the lily : Unnecessarily.add to or adorn something that is already perfect.

Gilt : Foiled with gold

Gilt 1 : Foiled with gold

Gimbal : Device to keep something level even when support is tipped

Gimcrack : Flimsy or pooly made but deceptively attractive

Gimcrack 1 : Flimsy or pooly made but deceptively attractive

Gird : Encircle with a belt, band etc

Girding : Binding

Girdle : Elastic to support tights

Girt : Horizontal crossbar

Glabrous : Free from hair or down

Glacis : Artificial slope

Glacis 1 : Engineered slope

Glacis 2 : Gentle incline on the front of a fortification

Glad-hand : To be overly friendly to gain advantage

Gladiola : Species of flower

Glasé : Glossy finish

Glasé 1 : Glossy finish

Glaucous : Pale green colour with bluish tinge

Glaucous 1 : Pale gray green tinge

Glaucous 2 : Pale green colour

Glaur : Slime

Glazier : Glass tradesperson

Glial cells : Tissue supporting nervous system

Glim : Lantern

Glioma : Brain tumor

Glissade : A sliding, as down a mountain on skis

Glorietta : Pavillion

Glovolium : Oil for catcher's mitt

Gnomic : Expressed using short pithy expressions or aphorisms

Gnomic 1 : Expressed using short pithy expressions or aphorisms

Gnomic 2 : Mysterious and incomprehensible

Gnomon : Part of sundial that casts a shadow

Gnomon 1 : Sun dial

Gnomon 2 : Part of a sun dial that casts a shadow

Gnomon 3 : Sun dial protrusion

Gnosis : Immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight

Goad : Long pointed stick to heard animals

Gobelin : Tapestry made at the gobelin factory in paris

Golgotha : Calvary, where jesus was crucified

Gonfalon : A standard

Gonfalon 1 : A standard

Goose : Poke in the rear end

Gorget : Throat armour

Gossamer : Stringy substance produced by small spiders

Gouache : Thick watercolor paint

Gourmand : One who appreciates good food

Gout : Spurt

Gowky : Gawky, ungainly

Graben : Depressed plot of land

Grace note : A single note ornament such as the acciaccatura or appoggiatura. an acciaccatura is played as quickly as possible before the note that follows it. it is sometimes called a crush note. an appoggiatura leans on the main note taking part of its value

Gracile : Of slender build

Grackle : Blackbird

Gradation : UNDEFINED

Gradgrind : One who takes objective and observable facts into account while ignoring human nature

Graft : Use of political authority for personal gain

Graisle : Horn used in battle

Graisle 1 : Battle horn

Gramary : Archaic magic

Granary : Store house for threshed grain

Grandam : Grandmother

Graphomania : Compulsive urge to write

Grappa : Italian grape based spirits

Grappa 1 : Italian grape based spirit

Grass : Powdery refuse of burrowing insects

Gravamen : Grievance complained of

Gravel : Kidney stones

Gravid : Pregnant, primarily used for egg-laying animals

Griot : West african story teller

Grisaille : Using only varying shades of gray to convey form

Grist : Grain grinded in a mill

Groat : Old coin of england

Grok : To understand

Grosgrain : Silk ribbon

Grosso modo : Approximately

Grosz : German artist. dada

Grouse : Complain bitterly

Grouse 1 : To complain

Grout : Mortar to fill cracks

Grout 1 : Dense fluid used to fill gaps

Grout 2 : Thin mortar

Grue : Fictional monster living in the dark. frankenstein of bat man etc

Guanaco : Related to the llama

Guanaco 1 : Llama family animal

Gubernatorial : Like a governor

Gugenheim money : Gugenheim family scholars scholarship

Guilloche : Engraved pattern of spirals

Gulling : Fooling for duping

Gun tackle : Just structure for gripping tackle

Gunfire : Morning / evening time if military gun

Gunnel : Elongated laterally compressed fish

Gunny : Coarse heavy fabric

Gunsel : A gun carrying thug

Gunwale : Upper edge of side of boat

Gut : Class that is not demanding

Guy : Support cable

Gymnosophist : Nudist

Gymnosperms : Fsmily of seedbearing plants

Gymnosperms 1 : Fsmily of seedbearing plants

Gyve : Shackle

Gyve 1 : Shackle

Ha-ha : Ditch with one vertical side

Habitué : Someone who is often present at some locale

Habitué 1 : Devotee

Hacking jacket : Posh country jacket

Hackney : Normal horse

Hadassah : Empowerment of zionist women

Haecceity : The essence of something which distinguishes it as an individual instance

Haematidrosis : Sweating blood, rare real condition

Hagiography : Writing of the lives of saints

Hagiography 1 : History of saints

Hagride : Torment

Halation : The spread of light beyond proper boundaries. e.g. fog around computer monitor

Halation 1 : Gradient of light surrounding some source, as in a tv in a dark room

Halcyon : Idyllic times in the past

Hale : Strong and healthy

Halter : Bitless head piece for animal

Halyard : Rope used to raise or lower sail

Hammam : Islamic bath house, communal

Hangdog : Ashamed

Hanger : Strap which dagger is hung from

Hanger 1 : Short broadsword

Hapless : Unfortunate particularly of a person

Haplology : Dropping off letters typically colloquially. i.e. probly

Haply : By accident

Harangued : Lectured at great length in an aggressive manor

Harena : Theatre

Haricot : Common bean

Harken : To listen to

Harridan : Vicious and scolding woman

Hatchment : Coat of arms for deceased person

Haubergeon : Sleeveless chainmail

Hauberk : Coat of mail

Hauteur : Loftiness

Haversack : Basically heavy duty backpack

Hawser : Thick rope/cable for towing ship

Hawser 1 : Thick rope/cable for towing ship

Hawser 2 : Heavy rope to moor a ship

Head off : Intercept

Heart of palm : White vegetable from palm

Heat prostration : Heat stroke

Heather : Purple flowered eurasian heath

Hebetude : Mental lethargy

Hebetude 1 : Mental dullness

Hector : Bully verbally

Heirophany : manifestation of the sacred

Helas : Unfortunately

Hele : To hide

Heliated : When someone inhales helium, their voice becomes high-pitched.

Helicoidal : Having approximate shape of flattened spiral

Heliotrope : Light purple

Hellebore : Flowering garden plant

Helot : Class of serfs

Helot 1 : Slave

Hemiplegia : Inability to move one side of your body

Henpecked : Nagged

Heptarch : Leader of a group of seven

Heresiarch : Founder of heresy

Herma : Sculpture with just a head and torso and genitalia carved out of a block

Herman : Nomad

Hermeneutics : Interpretation

Hermes trismegistus : Author of the hermetic corpus, father of hermeticism

Hermetic : Isolated or air tight

Herodotic : Relating to the ancient historian

Hesperorn : Extinct, cormorant-like bird

Hetaera : Ancient, highly cultivated escort

Heuristic : Loosely defined method

Hexameron : Creation story

Hieratic : Cursive hieroglyphs

Hieratic 1 : Pertaining to priests

Hierophant : A priest who interprets sacred mysteries

Hillock : Small hill

Hinterland : Land immediately next to coast

Hinterland 1 : Land immediately inland from a coast

Hipparch : Leader of cavalry

Hipshot : One hip lower than the other

Hirsute : Bristly

Hirsute 1 : Hairy

Hobiler : Light horseman

Hobnailed : Small studs on sole of boot to increase durability

Hokum : Meaningless nonsense

Hollerith card : Punch card

Holystone : Verb, sandstone used to scrub deck of ship

Homburg : Stiff felt hat

Horology : Study of time

Horology 1 : Study of clocks

Hose : Stocking-like garment

Hosta : Asiatic plant

Hostler : Person employed at inn

Hotfoot : Lighting a match between someone's sole and shoe (?)

Hothouse : Greenhouse flowers

Hotline : Literal direct link up, usually for emergencies

Houris : Busty (?) companion

Houris 1 : Beautiful virgin nymph

Hovel : Small cramped dwelling

Howdah : Seat with a canopy

Howdah 1 : Seat with canopy on back of elephant or camel

Hoyden : Women of carefree, boisterous behaviour

Huanaco : Llama family creature

Huddlings : Private nestling

Hudibrastic : Mock heroic tale

Huffduff : High frequency direction finding

Humerus : Bone of the upper arm

Humidor : Container for keeping contents at constant humidity

Hummock : Small hill

Hummock 1 : Small hill

Hurricane lantern : Camping lantern

Hydrargyrum : Mercury

Hydrocephalic : Misshapenly large head

Hydroplane : Think sleek enclosed hover craft. not a plane that can land on water

Hydroplane 1 : Think sleek enclosed hover craft. not a plane that can land on water

Hyla : Tree frog

Hyla 1 : Tree frog

Hymenoptera : Order of insects, ants, bees, wasps and so on

Hypaethral : Open air

Hypertrophic : Increase in size due to enlarged cells

Hypnagogic : Inducing sleep

Hypogeum : Underground cavern

Hypostases : Any of the people of the trinity

Hypostasis : Essential person

Hypovolemic shock : Condition of losing 20% or more of your blood

Hypoxia : Condition where tissues are denied oxygen

Hypoxia 1 : State in which organs receive less oxygen through the blood

Iamb : Phrase with unstressed, stressed pattern, as in guitar

Ideograph : A symbol independent of any language

Idyll : Episode or series of events of rural simplicity

Ignis fatuus : Will o wisp

Ignominy : Public shame or disgrace

Ignominy 1 : Public shame or disgrace

Ignominy 2 : Public shame or disgrace

Ile : 200 to 300 horsemen

Ileum : Last section of the small intestine

Ilium : Hipbone

Ilk : The same

Imagists : Artistic movement, poetry, quick sharp language, precision of description

Imbricate : Overlapping like roof tiles

Imbricate 1 : Overlapped in a regular pattern

Imbricate 2 : Overlapping and covered a

Imbricated : Lying over each other in regular order

Imbroglio : Confused or haphazard situation

Imf : International monetary fund

Immanent : Built in, intrinsic

Immanent 1 : Existing or remaining within: inherent

Immanent 2 : Naturally part of something

Immanent 3 : Naturally part of something

Immemorial : Beyond memory

Immured : Imprisoned

Impalpable : Intangible

Impalpible : Untouchable

Impassive : Not showing emotion

Impasto : Using thick paint to convey texture on canvas e.g. mountains etc

Impecunious : Having little to no money

Impel : Driving force

Impel 1 : Driving force

Imperious : Arrogantly domineering

Imperiously : Domineering

Impertinent : Without respect

Impertinent 1 : Irrelevant

Impetigo : Contagious skin disease

Impetuous : Done without thought or care

Impetuous 1 : Characterized by sudden vigor

Impetuous 2 : Making sudden decisions

Impetuous 3 : Rash

Impetuousity : Tendency to make brash decisions

Impetuously : Passionately, inspired by passion

Impinging : To make an impression on

Importunate : Troublingly urgent

Importunate 1 : Pressing

Importunate 2 : Persistent

Importunate 3 : Pressing

Importunate 4 : Pressing

Importunate 5 : Pressing, insistent

Importune : Bother

Impost : Tax, weight on horse's back, burden

Imprecate : Utter curses or ill will against someone /something

Imprecate 1 : Curse, invoke evil

Imprecation : Muttered curse

Impresario : Management or producer in entertainment

Imprimatur : License to publish? -"of a denial?"

Improvidence : Unwise with money

Impudence : Not showing respect

Impudence 1 : Not showing respect

Impugn : Assault, attack

Impugn 1 : To attack

Impunity : Exception from punishment

Impute : To charge with some wrongdoing

Imputed : Attributed to

In camera : In private

In flagrante delicto : Caught redhanded

Inanition : Emptiness

Incarnadine : A bright crimson or pinkish red colour

Inchoate : Recently formed but not fully developed

Inchoate 1 : Recently started but not fully formed

Incipient : Beginning stages

Incipit : First few words of a text

Inclement : Unpleasantly cold or wet

Incommensurable : Impossible to measure or compare

Incontinence : Lack of restraint

Incorrigible : Defective

Incorrigible 1 : Defective and impossible to materially correct

Increate : That exists without being created

Incubus : Male demon who has sex with sleeping women. male of succubus

Incubus 1 : Male demon who has sex with sleeping women. male of succubus

Inculcate : To teach by repeated instruction

Incursion : Aggressive moment

Indanthrene : Dark blue

Indefatigable : Tiringly unceasing

Indefeasible : Not liable to bring declared null

Indelible : Impossible to remove

Indelible 1 : Hard to remove

Indelible 2 : Undeletable

Indelible 3 : Hard to delete

Indelible 4 : Difficult to delete

Indemnify : Secure against loss

Indigence : Extreme poverty

Indigence 1 : Extreme poverty

Indigent : Poor, destitute

Indisposed : Mildly ill

Indolence : Laziness

Indolent : Slothful

Inducement : Incentive

Inedia : Ability to live without food

Ineluctable : Unable to be avoided

Inert : Unable to move or act

Inexorable : Unpersuadable

Infarct : Localized necrosis

Infelicitous : Not well timed

Inflorescence : Cluster of flowers arranged around a primary stem

Inflorescence 1 : A group of flowers

Infrangible : Impossible or difficult to break into parts

Ingenuous : Lacking in cunning

Ingratiate : Bring oneself into favour through ass-kissing

Ingratiation : An attempt to become note appealing/attractive to someone

Ingress : Door or means of entering

Ingress 1 : Means of entering

Inguinal : Of the lower abdomen area

Inguinal 1 : Pertaining to the groin

Inimical : Harmful in effect

Inimical 1 : Hostile

Inimical 2 : Harmful

Inimitability : Unmimicable

Iniquitous : Sinful

Iniquitous 1 : Sinful

Iniquity : Grossly unfair behavior

Iniquity 1 : Deviation from what is right

Injunction : Court order to do or refrain from doing something

Inordinate : Excessively

Inquest : Formal investigation

Inroads : Progress, hostile connotation

Inscrutable : Difficult to understand

Insipid : Lacking flavor

Insouciance : Casual indifference

Insouciant : Showing a lack of concern

Insouciant 1 : Casually unconcerned

Insurrection : Violent uprising

Intaglio : Engraved art

Intension : Internal content of concept

Intention tremor : Facial spasm

Intention tremor 1 : Facial spasm

Intercalate : Interleaved

Interdigitated : Interleaved like fingers on hands

Interferometer : The process of determining wavelength from interference signals

Interlocutor : Someone who takes part in a dialogue

Interment : Burial

Interment 1 : Burial in tomb/casket

Interment 2 : Act of buying a body

Internecine : Destructive to both sides

Internecine 1 : Relating to a struggle within a nation

Internecine 2 : Mutually destructive

Interred : Placed in a tomb

Interregnum : Period when normal government is suspended

Interregnum 1 : Period of time between reigns

Interstices : Intervening space as in between leaves

Intifada : Resistant struggle

Intransigence : Unwilling to let go of extreme position

Intransigent : Uncompromising

Introitus : Entrance to something

Introrsus : Towards within

Intubatory : Literally insertion of tube to keep oxygen flowing

Inutile : Pointless

Inutile 1 : Unprofitable

Invaginate : To fold up or enclose

Invective : "harsh, inflammatory language"

Inveigle : Win over by coaxing

Investiture : To invest with power

Investiture 1 : Clothing

Inveterate : UNDEFINED

Inveterate 1 : Firmly established

Invidious : Unfairly discriminating

Invidious 1 : Causing ill will

Involuted : Complex

Involution : Entanglement

Ipsilateral : Same side of body

Irascible : Easily provided

Irascible 1 : Easily provoked to anger

Irrefragable : Indisputable

Irruption : Abrupt entry

Isochronon : Extremely accurate clock

Itinerant : Travelling from place to place

Itinerant 1 : Traveling from place to place as in itinerary

Itinerant 2 : Travelling from place to place

Itinerant 3 : travelling around a lot

Jabot : Ornamental frill on shirt

Jacal : Mud hut, as in southern us, mexico

Jacinth : Reddish zircon

Jacobite : Supported of reinstantiating stuart kings in gb

Jade : A bad tempered woman

Jag : Outburst

Jamoke : Coffee

Janissary : Infantry soldier

Janissary 1 : Infantry soldier

Jannissary : Elite turkish soldier

Jasper : An opaque, impure version of quarts

Jazerant : Light plate armor woven to fabric

Jelab : Ankle length hooded robe

Jelab 1 : Ankle-lengthed robe worn by men in north africa

Jerkin : Sleeveless jacket

Jet : Black form of coal

Jetty : Structure that extends out from the land onto a body of water

Jetty 1 : Structure that extends out from the land onto a body of water

Jetty 2 : Wharf essentially

Jetty 3 : Wharf or dock

Jezail : Afghan musket

Jib : Triangular staysail

Jibe : To agree or accord

Jin : Triangular staysail

Jingoism : Extreme and violent patriotism

Jobation : Extensively telling off

Jodhpurs : Riding pants

Jolly roger : Pirate skull flag

Jongleur : Minstrel

Jonquil : Fragrant yellow bulb flower

Joss : Chinese statue, religious idol

Joss 1 : Chinese statue, religious idol

Joss 2 : Chinese divinity, or luck generally

Junta : Political committee esp. after political overthrow

Kaberu : Ethiopian wolf

Kang stove bed : Heated bed used in northern china

Kanly : Enactment of formal feud

Kaolin : Fine white clay

Kara : Indian bracelet

Karambit : Small knife resembling a claw

Kasher : To render kosher

Keatsian : As in john keats

Kedging : Small anchor

Keel : To navigate

Keen : Wail

Keening : Sharp and shrill, especially of a sound

Keening 1 : Sharp, shrill

Keloid : Burn scar

Ken : Range of sight

Kestrel : Small falcon

Kestrel 1 : Small cherub

Kettledrum : Brass percussion instrument

Keypunch : Think punch card computer

Khan : Resting place for a travelling caravan

Kibbutz : Agricultural community

Kilter : Balance

Kine : Archaic plural of cow

Kine 1 : Cattle

Kinesics : Non-verbal communication

Kipper : Split, salt, and smoke

Kirsch : Clear fruit brandy

Kismet : Fate

Kith : Friends and acquaintances

Klatsches : Social gathering, particularly for tee and coffee

Klaxon : Loud alarm

Klaxon 1 : Loud electric alarm

Klieg : Arc lamp

Knap : Shape a brittle material

Knell : Ring a bell slowly

Knop : Knob

Knurled : Pattern of ridges as for precise grip

Kohl : Ancient eye makeup

Korsekes : Pole arm

Krater : Ancient greek vessel for mixing water and wine

Krugerrand : Gold coin from south africa

Kudzu : Invasive asian vine

Kudzu 1 : Asian vines

Kvetch : Essentially a complainer

Képis : Hat with flat circular top

Képis 1 : Hat with flat circular top

Labile : Emotions easily aroused and freely expressed

Labyrinthectomy : Surgical removal of the ear

Lachrymal : Relating to the tear glands

Lachrymatory : Causing tears

Lachrymose : Inclined to weeping

Laconic : UNDEFINED

Lacrimosa : Tearful

Lacuna : Unfilled space

Lacuna 1 : Unfilled space, a gap

Lacuna 2 : Blank space or missing part

Lacuna 3 : Gap or missing part

Lacustrine : Relating to a lake

Lading : Add cargo to a ship

Laertes : (1) a character from hamlet who blames hamlet for the deaths of his father (polonius) and sister (ophelia) and seeks to avenge them by killing hamlet with a poisoned sword. (2) in greek mythology, one of the argonauts and the father of odysseus.

Lagniappe : Additional or unexpected gift for a customer

Lahar : Mudflow / debris

Laity : Common men and women in church

Lalation : Onomatopoeia

Lam : Flee or run away

Lambent : Glowing with a soft radiance

Lambent 1 : Flickering over a surface

Lambent 2 : Brushing or flickering across a surface

Lambrequin : Short, decorative drapery

Lamia : Being with head and breasts of woman and lower half of snake

Laminae : Very thin sheet of material

Laminate : To assembled from many thin sheets of plastic

Lammergeir : Bearded vulture

Lancegay : Type of lance

Lancer/hussar : Cavalry man

Land speculating : Determining value of land

Landau : Lightweight carriage

Landau 1 : 60s style, semi-plastic (?) sedan roof

Landfall : Arrival at shore by ship

Langoustine : Small edible lobster

Languor : Lack of energy

Languor 1 : Exhaustion

Lanolin : Waxy substance emitted by wooled animals

Lansquenets : Pikemen

Lanthorn : Archaic, lantern

Lanthorn 1 : Archaic lantern

Lapidary : Elegant or consice

Lapidary 1 : One who cuts gems

Larboard : Archaic left side of ship

Larceny : Theft of personal property

Larch : Large coniferous tree

Largesse : Generosity in gift giving

Largesse 1 : Generosity in giving gifts

Largesse 2 : Generosity in giving gifts

Lariat : Rope used for a lasso

Lariat 1 : Lasso

Lassitude : State of fatigue or weariness

Lath : Thin narrow strip affixed to a building

Lath 1 : Thin strip used to cover supports of building

Latinity : Manner in which latin is used

Latrodectus mactans : "latrodectus mactans, the (southern) black widow, is a highly venomous species of spider in the genus latrodectus. they are well known for the distinctive black and red coloring of the female of the species and for the fact that she will occasionally eat her mate after reproduction. the species is native to the united states of america and mexico. the female black widow's venom is particularly harmful to humans (males almost never bite humans). the injection of venom from these species is a comparatively dangerous or lethal bite." (wikipedia)

Lave : Wash

Lazaret : Medical facility specializing in contagious patients

Lazaretto : Medical ward for contagious patients

Lazulite : Semi-precious gemstone

Lechwe : African antelope

Lee : Shelter from wind or weather

Lee 1 : Shelter from wind or weather

Leeboard : Planks lowered over the side of a ship to affect it's leeward drift

Legate : Ambassador or messenger

Legatee : Someone who receives a legacy

Legerdemain : Skillful use of hands as in tailoring

Legerdemain 1 : Sleight of hand

Leitmotif : Recurrent theme

Leman : Illicit lover, mistress esp

Leman 1 : Paramour

Lemniscate : Infinity symbol

Lenitive : Analgesic

Leon schlesinger : Basically looney tunes

Leprosarium : Place to treat leprosy

Lethe : Death

Lethe 1 : Forgetfulness of the past

Lettrism : Dadaist art movement

Leukocytes : Cellar to protect body against foreign invaders

Leveler : One who believes in eliminating the differences between the haves and have nots

Levigate : Make smooth

Levirate marriage : Levirate marriage is a tradition in several cultures whereby the younger brother of a deceased man marries the dead brother's widow. (see also consummation of the levirates on p. 171)

Levity : Lightness of speech

Levy : Impose a tax

Liana : Climbing, tropical woody vine

Libation : Drink poured out as offering to deity

Libera me : Deliver me

Libertine : One freed from slavery

Libretto : Text of musical work (opera eg)

Libretto 1 : Text of a dramatic musical work

Lictor : An officer charged with punishing criminals

Liens : Right to take possession

Ligature : Symbol that combines multiple letters

Lignify : Make rigid and wooden

Lignify 1 : Make rigid and wooden

Like as not : Probably

Limer : Dog kept on a lead, like a bloodhound

Liminal : Transitional stage in rituals

Limn : To draw or paint

Limn 1 : To draw

Limpet : Small mollusc

Limpet mine : Naval mine attached with magnets

Limpid : Free of anything that darkens

Limpid 1 : Free if anything that darkens. clear completely

Limpid 2 : Transparent clearness

Limpkin : Large bird

Linden : Deciduous tree

Linear b : Mycenaean greek alphabet/script

Linkman : Torch bearer

Linkmen : Torchbearer

Linnet : Small bird

Linnet 1 : Small red breasted bird

Linnet 2 : Small bird

Lipsanotheca : A small box for holding relics

Liripoop : Pendant for clergy

Lisle : Fine smooth threaded fabric

Lissajous : Loop back curves. think science world drawings or polar coordinate sine graphs

Lissajous 1 : Think loop back sine curves

Litai : Lithuanian currency

Litany : Tedious reciting as in church

Litharge : Toxic powder used as pigment

Lithic : Relating to stone

Litter : Platform mounted on two shafts

Littoral : Relating to the seashore

Livid : Pale

Lixiviation : Separate into soluble and non-soluble

Llanero : South american cattle herder

Loblolly : Gruel

Lochage : Greek officer

Locution : Particular phrasing or peculiarities. especially regional

Loden : Dark green

Lodestone : Naturally occurring stone with magnetic properties (general)

Loess : Any sediment dominated by silt

Loggia : Enclosed outer gallery

Loggia 1 : Roofed open gallery

Loggias : Room with one or more open sides

Loggias 1 : Room with one or more open sides

Logorrheic : Talkative

Longeuer : Lengthy, esp tedious, passage in a dramatic work

Longueur : Lengthy passage in a literary work

Loophole : Slit in castle was

Lope : To walk at an easy place with long strides

Loquacious : UNDEFINED

Lordosis : A condition where a person has a forward-curving spine

Lordosis 1 : Backward bend of spine (affliction)

Lorgnon : Eyeglasses

Lorgnon 1 : Opera glass

Loss leader : Product sold at a loss to attract customers

Lothario : One whose chief interest is seduction

Louche : Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way

Louche 1 : Of questionable taste

Loud hailer : Megaphone

Loud hailer 1 : Megaphone

Lour : To look sullen

Louver : Architecture detail allowing ventilation, light. think horizontally slatted blinds

Louvre : Any set of horizontal parallel slats acting as guard against rain. angular

Louvre 1 : Any set of horizontal parallel slats acting as guard against rain. angular

Lovelorn : Unhappy because of unrequited love

Loxodrome : Line on surface that cuts all meridians at a constant non-right angle

Loxodromic : Moving with constant reference to meridian

Lubricious : Overt, even offensive display to arouse sexual desire

Lucence : Luminosity

Lucite : Tough, translucent thermoplastic

Lucite 1 : Thermoplastic

Lucre : Wealth

Luculus : Lucullus (two l's) was a roman general of antiquity (wikipedia)

Lugger : Small vessel having 2 or 3 masts

Lugsail : Quadrilateral sail

Lugubrious : Sad or dismal

Lugubrious 1 : Gloomy

Lugubrious 2 : Mournful

Lugubrious 3 : Mournful

Lumbar : Lower back

Lumina : Unit of luminous flux

Lumpen : Relating to social networks

Lunarian : Sailor who uses moon alone

Luo-pan : Chinese geomantic compass

Lustrous : Having lustre

Lux aeterna : Everlasting light

Macadam : Crushed stone, uses as layers of road

Macaroni : See fop

Macaronic : Mixture of both latin and vernacular

Machicolation : Openings that support a parapet

Macula : Blotch of colour

Madeira : Island in atlantic, territory of portugal

Madras : Lighrweight summer cloth

Madrigal : Song for two parts

Madrigal 1 : Secural vocal music

Magistrate : Judicial office

Magnanimous : Generous in forgiving an insult or wrong doing to let it slide. not petty or vindictive

Mahout : Elephant driver

Mains'l : Mainsail

Majordomo : Head servant

Majordomo 1 : Head servant

Malacca : State in malaysia

Malapert : Impudent

Malapert 1 : Cheeky, impudent

Malcathected : Attached in an emotionally damaging way

Malefic : Causing or capable of causing terrible harm typically supernaturally

Malfeasance : Wrongdoing especially by public official

Malleolus : Funny knob on ankle

Mamilla : Nipple

Mammon : Material avarice

Mandragora : Tiny dragon immune to fire, or mandrake root

Mangrove : Small shrubbish trees that grow in brackish water

Mangrove 1 : Small shrubbish trees that grow in brackish water

Manicheanism : Struggle between good and evil

Manifold : With various forms.

Manifold 1 : With various forms.

Manifold 2 : Various in kind or quality

Maniple : Division of 120 men in the roman army

Mansard : Roof that slopes, becomes steeper halfway

Mantua : Article of loose clothing

Mantua 1 : Gown

Manustupration : Masturbation

Maquiladoras : Production facility

Marcelling : Hot curling hair

Margay : Jungle ocelot type cat

Marge : Edge

Marker : Signed note of debt

Marmoreal : Resembling marble

Marquee : Tent open walled

Marquee 1 : Tent open walled

Marquetry : Ornamental technique by which wood, ivory, etc is inlaid into wood

Marron glace : Candied chestnut

Martinet : Strict disciplinarian

Martinet 1 : Disciplinarian

Maser : Device for amplifying radiation

Masque : Dramatic performance

Masque 1 : Masquerade

Masquing : Masking

Matching : Old sword dance

Matelasse : Heavy fabric, composed of two layers of cloth

Mathesis : Mental discipline esp. scientific learning

Matiness : Like a mate

Matross : Gunner

Matross 1 : Gunner

Maté : Tea-like plant, drink

Mawkish : Sickly, nauseous

Mayo grosso : State of brazil, deep rainforest

Mayo grosso 1 : State of brazil, deep rainforest

Mazurka : Folk dance

Mealymouthed : Afraid to speak frankly

Medial : Towards the midpoint

Medicants : Beggar

Medina : Non european clutter of african town

Medoc : Type of wine

Meerschaum : Soft white mineral

Meerschaum 1 : Smoking pipe

Meerschaum 2 : Soft white mineral

Mejolica : Victoria pottery

Melange : Mixture

Mellifluous : Flowing like honey

Melton : A tough material for making over coats

Mendacious : Lying

Mendacious 1 : Not honest or try

Mendacious 2 : Untrue

Mendacity : Untruthfulness

Menhaden : Forage fish

Menhir : Tall prehistoric stone monument

Meninges : Membranes that surround the spinal cord and brain

Meniscus : A concavo-convex lens, or other crescent-shaped body.

Meniscus 1 : Object shaped like crescent moon

Mens rea : Guilty mind

Mens-sana : A sound mind in a sound body

Mensal : Occurring once a month

Mentation : Mental activity

Mentation 1 : Thinking

Mentation 2 : Process of thinking

Mephitic : Noxious smelling, esp of gas

Mephitic 1 : Foul-smelling

Mephitic 2 : Noxious

Mephitic 3 : Foul smelling

Meretricious : Attracting attention in a vulgar manner

Meretricious 1 : Tasteless, gaudy

Meretricious 2 : Tastelessly gaudy

Meretrix : Prostitute

Merlon : Castle wall fixture, wide "spikes"

Merlon 1 : Upright projections between embrasures

Merovingian : Empire of legend

Merychip : Protohorse

Meshugge : Mad, senseless

Mesmeric : Of mesmers

Messrs : Misters

Metamynodon : Hippo-ish extinct creature

Meted out : Apportioned

Metempsychosis : Transmigration of the soul

Metempsychosis 1 : To transfer from one body to another

Metes and bounds : Limits of a piece of land

Metier : Outstanding feature

Metiér : Calling

Metonomy : Use of single part of something to represent the whole

Metonym : A word that names an object from a characteristic of it

Metonymy : Use of a part to identify the whole

Metope : An in-between carving

Mew : Storage, den

Mica : Thin sheets of mineral

Mickle : Large

Microfiche : Extremely compact version of computer images stored on film

Microfiche 1 : Sheet of shrunken images/documents

Midden : Refuge heap

Midden 1 : Refuse heap

Midinette : Vacuous but fashionable young woman

Midwatch : Nautical, watch held from midnight to four

Mien : Demeanor

Mignonette : Greyish green plant

Milch : Giving milk

Millet : Grass

Mimetic : Imitator

Mimetic 1 : Imitative

Minatory : Expressing or conveying a threat

Minatory 1 : Expressing or conveying a threat

Mindsore : Obvious but don't forget it

Minim : Fluid volume

Ministering : Attend to the needs of

Ministration : Attendance

Minuet : Slow graceful dance

Minuet 1 : Slow graceful dance

Mirabile dictu : Spoken miracles

Mire : Muddy swampland

Mirific : Working wonders

Misericorde : Long, narrow knife

Miskatonic : Pertaining to the miskatonic university, a prestigious, though fictional school from lovecraft

Misprision : Deliberate concealment of ones knowledge of a felony

Missal : Book containing texts used in christian mass

Missal 1 : Liturgical book

Miter : Covering of the head for solemn occasions

Mithraism : Astrological middle-platonic mystery cult

Mitre : Covering of the head

Mitre 1 : Covering for the head

Mitre 2 : Cowl

Moccasin : North american snake

Modality : UNDEFINED

Modus vivendi : Way of living (in peace)

Moiety : Division. a part of.

Moil : Toil

Moiraic : Incarnation of destiny

Moiré : Pattern in which one grid overlays another

Molder : To disintegrate from rot

Monial : Nun

Monial 1 : Nun

Monitory : Serving as a warning

Monitory 1 : Giving admonition

Monographic : On a particular subject

Monomachy : A duel

Monopsony : Many sellers but one buyer

Monorchid : Having only a single testicle

Monstrance : Ornamental host holder. invariably "sun-like"

Monstrance 1 : Ornamental, precious display case

Montane : The cool slopes below the timeline timberline

Monteith : Massive punch bowl

Moonraker : Small light sail

Mopishly : As in moping

Moppet : Small, endearingly sweet

Moraine : Accumulation of rocks and debris deposited by glacier

Morass : Complicated or confused situatiin

Morass 1 : Muddy or boggy ground

Morass 2 : Muddy or boggy ground

Moratorium : Suspension of activity

Mordant : Expressing harsh criticism

Moribund : At the point of death

Moribund 1 : Approaching death

Mortadella : Smooth textured italian pork sausage

Mortice : Home cut in something to accept a protrusion (tenon)

Mortice 1 : Home cut in something to accept a protrusion (tenon)

Mortise : Hole made to accept tenon

Mortise and tenon : Wooden connection, very male/female insertion wise

Mosquito coil : Electrical wire coil that kills mosquitos

Mot : Witty or incisive remark

Mot 1 : Witticism

Motility : Ability of organism to move

Motrix : Female instigator of something

Mou : Pouting expression

Moue : Putting expression to express distaste

Mountebank : One who sells by deception

Mucilaginous : Like mucous

Muckle-mouthed : Having a large mouth

Mucronate : Ending in short sharp point.zoological

Muezzin : One who issues a call to prayer

Muff : Tubular covering for hands

Mufti : Civilian dress of someone usually in uniform

Mufti 1 : Civilian dress esp. of one typically in uniform

Mufti 2 : Civilian dress

Mullah : A religious scholar of sharia law

Mullion : Bannister in window essentially

Mullion 1 : Vertical bar between planes of glass

Multiordinal : Pertaining to all orders

Multiton system/pattern : Multiple instances of key-value pairs

Mummer : Actor in pantomime

Muni : An ascetic, often under oath of silence

Muslin : Thin cotton fabric

Mutatis mutandis : With the necessary change being made

Muumuu : Long loose fitting dress

Myopic : Nearsighted

Myrmidon : Legendary greek warriors

Myrmidon 1 : Subordinate civil officer

Mystagogue : One who prepares an initiate for entrance into a mystery cult

Mythomane : Someone with propensity to lie, exaggerate, fantasize etc

Mythopoeia : The making of myths

Nabob : One of great wealth

Nacker : Gypsy

Nacre : Mother of pearl

Nacreous : Bearing a resemblance to mother of pearl, lustrous

Namby-pambical : Wishy washy

Nap : Fuzzy surface

Napped : Fuzzy surface

Narcosis : Unconsciousness caused by a drug

Narthex : Vestibule needing to nave

Nascent : Just coming in to existence, showing signs of potential

Nasturtium : Family of plants including watercress

Nattily : Smart and fashionable

Nautch : South asian dance

Nave : Central part of church building for congregation typically

Nave 1 : Central part of a church building

Nave 2 : Center aisle of basilica

Nave 3 : Central aisle of basil ifs

Nave 4 : Middle or body of a church

Nave 5 : Middle of a church

Neat : Archaic cow

Nebbish : One who is fearful and timid

Needlecord : Corduroy fabric

Neep : Turnip

Nefertiti : Great royal wife

Nefertiti 1 : Great royal wife

Nemo mortalius omnibus horis sapit : The wisest may make mistakes

Nenuphar : Water lily

Nenuphar 1 : Water lily

Nenuphar 2 : Waterlily

Neo-real : "italian neorealism is a style of film characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed on location, frequently using nonprofessional actors. italian neorealist films mostly contend with the difficult economical and moral conditions of post-world war ii italy, reflecting the changes in the italian psyche and the conditions of everyday life: poverty and desperation." (wikipedia)

Neologism : UNDEFINED

Neotenous : Babyfaced

Nescience : Absence of knowledge

Netted : Yield as profit

Nettie : A wharf

Neuralgenic : Weakness of the nerves. not moving well. sluggish wrt nervous system

Neurasthenia : Mental fatigue, irritability

Neurasthenic : UNDEFINED

Newel : Central post of spiral staircase

Newel 1 : Central pillar around which a staircase descends

Nicht wahr : Is it true?

Nictitater : Weird third eyelid present in avians and reptiles

Nidor : Smell of burning flesh

Nidor 1 : Smell of burning animals

Nidorous : Emitting a strong odour

Niello : Black composite inlay, for jewellery etc

Nigrescent : Becoming black

Nihil obstat : Official approval

Nival : Abounding with snow

Noblesse oblige : The honourable obligation

Nomenclator : One who assigns names

Non compos mentis : Not legally responsible

Nonce : The time being

Nonce 1 : The time being

Nonius : Device for measuring the accuracy of mathematical instruments

Norns : Female weavers of fate

Nose putty : For scar tissue???

Nostrum : Popular medicine that has not been proven to work

Novena : Nine days of prayer

Novenas : Older catholic devotion

Novitiate : Period of training for a novice religious figure

Novitiate 1 : The period of training for a monk

Novus ordo seclorum : New order of the ages

Noyade : Execution by drowning

Noyade 1 : Murder by drowning

Noyade 2 : Murder by drowning

Nubbles : Small knob or lump

Numina : Divine presence

Numinous : Relating to the presence of a divinity

Nutation : Bobbing motion that accompanies a rigid spinning body

O-gauge : Size of model train

Oast : Kiln for drying tobacco

Obdurate : Stubbornly refuse to change course of action or thought

Obdurate 1 : Stubbornly persistent

Obeisance : Act of homage

Obeisance 1 : An act conveying deep obedience, like a deep bow

Oblate : Depressed at the poles

Oblate 1 : Round but flattened at the poles

Oblique : Neither parallel nor perpendicular

Oblique 1 : Not erect or perpendicular

Obloquy : Strong public disgrace

Obloquy 1 : Abusive language

Obscurantist : Deliberately hiding some information

Obsequious : UNDEFINED

Obsequious 1 : Attentive beyond reason

Obstetric : Relating to pregnancy.

Obstetrics : Relating to the care of pregnant or recent mothers

Obstetrics 1 : Care of pregnant women

Obstreperous : Noisy and difficult to control

Obstreperous 1 : Noisy and difficult to control

Obstreperous 2 : Noisy and difficult to control

Obtruding : Become noticeable in an unpleasant way

Obtundation : Reduced consciousness as a result of trauma (rare: not all dictionaries had this, some only had medical form)

Obtuse : Dimwitted

Obverse : The opposite of some fact or truth

Obviate : Remove a need or difficulty

Occiput : Base of the skull

Octavio paz : Legendary mexican poet and diplomat

Octoroon : One eighth black

Odds-on : Opposite of odds against

Odeum : Theatre

Odious : Arousing or causing strong dislike

Odious 1 : Arousing strong dislike

Odious 2 : Arousing strong dislike

Odious 3 : Arousing strong dislike

Odious 4 : Arousing dislike

Odious 5 : Arousing aversion

Odium : Dislike

Offal : Waste parts

Offertorium : Bread and wine

Offertory : Placing of bread and wine on altar

Officiating : Act as an official

Officious : Offensively intrusive

Offing : Area of sea where a ship can be seen off land

Ogham : Ancient celtic alphabet

Ogive : Roundly tapered end of for example a missike

Oleaginous : Oily, greasy

Oleaginous 1 : Oily, greasy

Oleaginous 2 : Greasy, oily

Olivaceous : Olive green

Ommatophore : Eye stock

Omophagia : One who eats raw meat

Onager : Asian wild ass

Onager 1 : Asiatic ass

Oneger : Wild ass

Oneiric : Of or relating to dreams

Oneiric 1 : Of dreams

Ontogeny : Process of development of an individual organism

Ontological : UNDEFINED

Onyger : Wild ass

Oolite : Rock with interesting spherical grains

Op. cit. : The work cited

Opera omnia : Complete works

Ophicleide : Keyed brass baritone bugle

Ophicleide 1 : Brass bugle

Ophicleide 2 : Brass horn

Opiating : Soporific

Opprobrium : Ignominy

Oprheism : Dealing with worship of orpheum and dionysus

Optimate : Member of the patrician ruling class

Opuscule : Small or petty work

Ordinate : Y complement of above

Ordure : Manure

Ordure 1 : Dung, excrement

Ordure 2 : Dirt, filth, excrement

Oread : Mountain nymph

Oreodont : Extinct, piggish/wolfish creature

Organdie : Fine, transparent fabric made of cotton

Organza : Thin, sheer fabric

Orgone : Sexual energy distributed throughout the universe

Orgonomy : Pseudo-medicine that aids child rearing

Orgulous : Threatening, swollen

Oriflamme : Banner used as a rallying point

Ormolu : Rich old gold finish. truly an alloy of gold, copper and zinc.

Ormolu 1 : Rich old gold finish. truly an alloy of gold, copper and zinc.

Ormolu 2 : Gilded brass

Ornithopter : Flying machine via flapping

Orotund : Pompous and bombastic

Orozco : Artist modern

Orpiment : Deep orange yellow

Orpiment 1 : Deep orange mineral deposit

Orpiment 2 : Orange yellow crystal

Orrery : Clockwork model of solar system

Ort : Scrap of leftover food

Osculate : Shared point of tangency. kiss.

Osculate 1 : Kiss

Osculation : A kiss

Osculation 1 : Kissing

Osculation 2 : Kissing

Osmotically : Like osmosis

Osnaprig : Retaining ring

Osseous : Of or turned to stone

Ossifrage : Bearded vulture

Ossuary : Urn for holding bones of the dead

Ostensible : Stated to be true but not necessarily

Ostentatious : Bold or vulgar display aka to attract attention through sheer noise, sonic or otherwise

Osteopenia : Low bone density

Ostler : Employed at an inn

Otic : Of the ear

Otiocities : Futilities

Otiose : Serving no practical purpose

Otiose 1 : Futile

Otiose 2 : Having no effect

Ottava rima : Certain kind of poem, eight to ten syllables

Oubliette : Secret dungeon with access only through trapdoor in ceiling

Oubliette 1 : Dungeon accessible only by trap door

Outriggers : Think catamaran

Outré : Highly unorthodox

Outsize : Adjective excessively large

Overture : Proposal made to establish relationship

Ovine : Like sheep

Ovine 1 : Related to sheep

Pace : With respect to

Pachuco : Juvenile mexican thug

Paddle : Large quantity or group

Paduasoy : Rich silk material

Pageantry : Elaborate display or ceremony

Pageboy : Shoulder length hairstyles

Pagne : Wax print fabric

Painter : Rope used to tie up small boat

Painter 1 : Chain or rope attaching anchor

Palanquin : Like funeral march supports with casket but with carriage type chamber

Palanquin 1 : Carried cart/carriage, indian

Palatinate : Place rueld by palantine

Palatinate 1 : Region ruled by a palatine

Palatinate 2 : Region ruled by a palatine

Palatine : A region in england

Palatine 1 : A region in england

Palimpsest : Place where writing has been erased to make room for more writing

Palimpsest 1 : A manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.

Palimpsest 2 : A page that the text has been scraped off of

Palimpsest 3 : A document that has been wiped clean for new use

Palimpsest 4 : A document wiped clean

Palimpsest 5 : Document scraped clean

Paling : Pointed fence spike

Palisade : Wall of wooden sticks

Palisade 1 : Line of cliffs, walls

Pall : Lose life

Palladian : Classical style of architecture

Palliasse : Straw mattress

Palliate : Make less severe, as in care

Palliative : Serving to mitigate. note that 'palliative care' mitigates the pain of imminent death; it does not refer to death directly

Pallid : Wan

Palmary : Of first rate importance

Palmer : A pilgrim who has been to the holy land

Palpate : UNDEFINED

Pampas : Extensive plains of south america sub amazon

Panacea : Technical word "cure all"

Pandour : Croatian skirmisher, robber

Panegyric : Formal opus praising something

Pangas : Brand of hunting knife

Pangas 1 : Brand of hunting knife

Panglossian : Excessively optimistic. believe in the best for the best world

Panjandrum : High figure, pretentious official. seems derogatory

Pannier : Satchel carried by beast of burden

Panoply : Various collection of things

Panoply 1 : Complete or impressive collection of things

Pantocrater : Ruler of everything

Pantograph : Line printing laterally on document

Paperhanger : Con-man dealing in fake money

Paperhanger 1 : Someone who puts up wallpaper

Paphian : Prostitute, pertaining to sex and love

Paraclete : Holy spirit

Paracoita : Sex partner

Parallelepiped : Structure whose faces are all parallelograms

Paramour : Lover, especially illicit

Parapet : Extension of wall providing barrier to falling of roof

Parapet 1 : Low protective wall

Pardal : Leopard

Pardine : Like a leopard

Paregoric : Painkiller

Parenchyma : Ground tissue of wooded plants

Paresis : Isolated paralysis

Paresis 1 : Paralysis isolated to specific regions

Paresis 2 : Partial paralysis

Parietal : Relating to the wall of an organ/cell etc

Parochial : Relating to churchs

Paronomasia : Wordplay

Paronomastic : Punning

Paroxysm : A sudden attack

Paroxysm 1 : Sudden outburst

Paroxysm 2 : Random or sudden outburst

Paroxysm 3 : Sudden outburst

Paroxysm 4 : Sudden violent outburst

Paroxysm 5 : Sudden outburst

Parping : Onomatopoeia. think horn.

Parquet : Hardwood floor

Parquetry : Veneered wood design in floor

Parsimony : Unwillingness to spend money or resources

Parson : Vector or church staff

Parsonic : Clerical

Parsonical : Relating to a parson. clerical

Parterre : A flowerbed

Parterre 1 : Flower bed

Particoloured : Polychrome

Particularism : Attachment to one specific group

Partisan : UNDEFINED

Parturient : About to give birth

Parturition : Act of giving birth

Paschal : Pertaining to passover

Pasha : Higher rank in ottoman empire

Pasha 1 : High ranking turkish officer

Pasha 2 : High ranking turkish officer

Passado : Turn horse back and forth on same spot

Passaggio : Transition between high and low register in song

Passementerie : Decorative lace

Pastis : Aniseed liquor

Patch box : Patch sewn onto shirt

Pate : Head (archaic, humorous)

Pate 1 : Head (archaic, humorous)

Pate de verre : Glass casting

Patella : Kneecap

Patella 1 : Bone in the knee

Patellas : Kneecaps

Paterfamilias : Male head of house

Paterfamilias 1 : Head of household

Paterissa : Bishop's staff

Pathologic : Compulsive and obsessive

Pathos : Noun, anything that touches the emotions especially inspiring pity sympathy etc hence pathetic

Paucity : Scarcity

Paucity 1 : Smallness of depth

Paucity 2 : Fewness

Pavane : Moderately slow dance

Pavonine : Iridescent like a peacock

Pawl : Device that holds against the teeth of a great, as in a ratchet

Pax omnis : Total peace

Payola : Bride to play radio song

Peaty : Soily

Peccadillo : A slight offense

Peccary : Pigs hippos etc

Peculate : Embezzle

Pecuniary : Relating to money

Pederasty : Sexual relations between man and boy

Pediment : Triangular structure on top of columns roman style

Pediment 1 : Triangular structure on top of columns roman style

Pediment 2 : Triangular part atop columns in classical architecture

Pediment 3 : Triangular section in classical architecture above columns

Peduncle : Stalk as in of a cyst. think bulbous and slimy not stem of a flower

Peduncle 1 : Stalk of an inflorescence

Peen : To shape metal by hammeringoo

Peerage : Rank as nobility

Peignoir : Negligee

Pejorative : Expressive contempt

Pelagic : Near neither the bottom or the shore

Pelagic 1 : Near neither the bottom or the shore

Pelagic 2 : Living in the open sea

Pelagic 3 : Pertaining to the ocean

Pelerine : A woman's cape with long points down the front

Pelf : Riches

Pelham : Bit used on bridle of horse

Pellucid : Translucently clear

Pellucid 1 : Translucently clear

Pelmet : Interior design used to hide curtain mechanisms

Peloton : Phalanx of bikers

Peltast : Light infantry

Peltast 1 : Light infantry

Pelycosaur : Spined reptile

Penetralia : Innermost part of a building

Penitent : UNDEFINED

Pennant : Flag

Pennants : Continuation pattern

Penning trap : Way to store anti matterp

Pennon : Flag longer at hoist than at fly

Pennon 1 : Thin triangular flag

Pent : Confine

Pentateuch : First five books of the bible

Penurious : Cheap, miserly

Peplum : Cloth folded back on itself

Perambulate : Roam around

Percolator : Device to brew coffee

Percutaneous : Taking place through the skin

Perdition : Eternal damnation

Perdurance : Persistence

Peregrination : Travel from place to place

Peremptorily : Admitting no delay

Peremptory : Putting an end to

Peremptory 1 : Insisting on immediance attention of obedience

Peremptory 2 : Positive in opinion

Perfidies : Act of violating faith

Perfidious : Untrustworthy

Perfidious 1 : Disloyal to that which one should be loyal

Perfidy : Deceitfulness

Perfidy 1 : Violating faith

Perforate : Declaim at length

Perforce : Must be done.

Perforce 1 : Necessarily, inevitably

Perforce 2 : By necessity

Perfunctory : Carried out with minimum effort or care

Pergola : Framework supporting a trellis roof

Peri : Sprite

Peridot : Yellow green colour

Perigrinations : To travel from place to place

Perihelion : Point nearest the sun in orbit

Periosteum : Membrane around bone

Peripateia : A sudden reversal of fortune

Peripetaie : Sudden reversal of fortune

Periphrasis : Longer sentence instead of shorter

Periphrastic : Circumventing language, indirect

Perischii : Inhabitants of the polar circles

Peristalsis : Wave like muscle contractions moving food down the digestive tract

Peristalsis 1 : Undulations of digestive tract to push food

Peristyle : Pillars built around garden

Peritoneum : Membrane of abdomen

Peritoneum 1 : Membrane surrounding the abdominal cavity

Pernicious : Harmful especially over time and subtly

Pernicious 1 : Causing great destruction

Pernicious 2 : Causing much harm in a subtle way

Pernicious 3 : Causing much harm in a subtle way

Perorate : To speak or declaim at great length

Peroration : Concluding section of a discourse

Perquisite : Benefit beyond salary

Persiflage : Frivolous discussion of something

Persimmon : Small orange fruit

Perspex : Acrylic glass

Perspex 1 : Acrylic glass

Perspicacity : Ready insight

Perspicacity 1 : Having exacting insight

Perspicacity 2 : Insight, discernment

Perspicuous : Easily expressed and understood

Pert : Attractive

Pertinacious : Stubbornly resolute

Pertinent : Relevant

Pertussive : Of a whopping cough

Peruke : Wig, esp with long hair on sides and back

Peryton : Winged stag

Petard : Small bomb for blowing up fortifications

Petasoses : Broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat

Petit comité : Small group

Petroglyph : A stone carving

Petroliferous : Producing/rich in petroleum

Petticoat : Women's undercoat

Petticoat 1 : Large fanning dress

Peurile : Childishly silly

Pharmacon : Medicine or drug, general

Phenolic : Thermoset resin

Philander : Lover

Philatelist : Stamp collector

Philhellene : Lover of greek culture

Phillipic : Damning speech

Philology : Study of history of language.

Philonolist : Lover of learning

Philtre : Love potion

Philtre 1 : Potion, charm or drug

Philtre 2 : Potion or charm

Phiz : Face

Phlebitis : Inflammation of a vein

Phlegmatic : Not easily excited

Phlogiston : The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning

Photorhacos : Terror bird

Photosphere : Outer visible layer of a star

Phthalates : Chemicals used to soften plastics

Phylogenetic : Evolutionarily

Physiognomy : Divination of the facial features

Piacular : Requiring atonement

Pianissimo : Very quiet tone

Pibroch : Music for bagpipes

Pica : Non-nutritional cravings

Picaresque : Low class roguish hero operating in society

Picayune : Petty and trivial

Piebald : Irregular patches of colour typically black and white

Piebald 1 : Blotched

Pied-a-terre : Small living quarters

Pied-à-terre : Small living unit

Pied-à-terre 1 : Small living unit

Pier glass : Tall narrow mirror

Pigeon : Target of confidence game

Pilaster : Architectural, think greek column

Piling : Column of wood or steel

Piling 1 : Wooden support

Pillbox hat : Stylish, somewhat stiff hat for women

Pillion : Pad behind saddle for second rider

Pinafore : Sleeveless dress

Pinguid : Relating to fat

Pinguid 1 : Relating to fat

Pinion : Wing, or joint of wing

Pinion 1 : A wing

Pinochle : Card game

Pinochle 1 : Card game

Pinyin : Romanized chinese

Piping : Ornamentation on the edges of a garment

Piquance : Charming

Pirogue : Small canoe

Pissant : Insignificant

Pissoir : Public urinal

Pissoir 1 : Public urinal

Pistole : Spanish gold coin

Pistole 1 : Spanish coin

Pitchblende : Radioactive uranium

Pitchblende 1 : Naturally occurring uranium oxide

Pitchman : Salesman

Pith : Sever spinal cord so as to kill or immobilize

Pithy : Brief and forcefully expressive

Pitted : Pockmarked

Plafond : Ornately decorated ceiling

Plaint : Lament/woeful cry

Plaint 1 : Woeful cry

Plaintive : Sad sounding and mournful

Plaintive 1 : Sad and mournful

Plaintive 2 : Expressing sorrow, meloncholy

Plaintive 3 : Mournful

Plait : Flat fold

Plangent : Loud and mournful

Plangent 1 : Loud and mournful

Plangent 2 : Loud and mournful

Plastron : Flat part of the shell of a tortoise

Platitude : A trite, meaningless, or prosaic statement, generally directed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease.

Platonist : Belief in abstract objects

Platybelodon : Long jawed extinct elephant

Pleasance : Grounds laid out with shady walks

Pleasance 1 : Grounds laid out with shady walks

Plebiscite : Direct vote on a matter

Plebiscite 1 : Referendum

Pleiades : Seven sisters, companions of artemis

Plenary : Absolute

Plenary 1 : Complete

Plenipotentiary : Someone with full authority to carry out some matter, a diplomat

Plenum : Space filled with matter, or space wholly regarded

Pliant : Pliable

Plinth : Supporting base

Plinth course : Foundation as in for statue

Plowshare : Main cutting blade of a plow

Plowshare 1 : Cutting edge of a plow

Plumb : Weight at end of line used to determine water depth

Plumb 1 : Determine the depth of

Plumb 2 : Test the depth, measure, "litmus" verb

Plumb 3 : Truly vertical

Plumb 4 : Vertical

Plumbago : Graphite

Plural : Empty space or cavity

Plutocrat : One who rules by virtue of their wealth

Pluvial : Of rain

Podunk : Small, rural, and unimportant

Poesy : Poetry

Poetaster : Someone who writes inferior poetry

Pogrom : Organized massacre

Poilus : French infantryman

Pointsman : Railway switcher

Polaris : A pole star

Polemic : Strong verbal or written attack

Polemical : Strongly criticsl, harsh etc writing

Polemical 1 : Contentious rhetoric

Polestar : A guide or guiding principle

Polity : State

Poll : Parot

Pollicate : Gesture with thumb

Pollicate 1 : Gesture with thumb

Pollicate 2 : Gesture with thumb

Polonaise : Clothing with a tight bodice

Poltroonery : Cowardice

Polysemous : Having multiple interpretations

Pomander : Mixture of aromatic substances

Pommel : Upper front handle of saddle

Ponce : Man employed by prostitutes to find johns

Ponderate : Having weight or influence

Pongee : Soft in bleached silk

Pongoid : Of the gorilla family

Pons asinorum : A problem that significantly tests the ability of an amateur

Pons asinorum 1 : Problem that severely tests the abilities of an inexperienced person.

Pont : Bridge

Pontoon : Flattish boat

Pontoon 1 : Flattish boat

Pony : A crib

Poppet : Endearingly sweet or beautiful child

Portamenti : Sliding transition musically

Portcullis : Scary gate for castles straight up and down

Portent : Sign if warning

Portent 1 : Sign of warning

Portent 2 : Foreshadowing event

Portentious : UNDEFINED

Porter : Someone who carries luggage for you

Porter 1 : Person who carries luggage

Portico : Porch leading to entrance of building

Portico 1 : Porch leading to entrance of building

Portico 2 : Porch supported by columns

Portico 3 : Small space with columns holding roof, serving as entrance

Portreeve : A mayor

Positivist : One requiring positive evidence of something to believe it

Posse comitatus : Armed militia

Posterity : All future generations of people

Posterity 1 : All future generations

Postern : Back gate

Postulant : One who seeks admission to a religious order

Postulant 1 : One selling admittance into a religious order

Postulate : UNDEFINED

Postural echo : Matching postures

Posy : Bouquet

Potentate : Autocratic ruler

Potentate 1 : Autocratic ruler

Potentate 2 : Autocratic ruler

Potentate 3 : Powerful leader

Potted : Drunk

Pounce : Fine powder

Praetorian : Venal mercenary

Prandial : Of or relating to dinner or lunch

Praxis : Practical application of learning

Pre-raphaelite : Abundantly detailed paid tings, rejecting conventional simplicity or "mechanism"

Prebendary : One who received stipend from church

Precarity : Existence without security

Precept : General rule governing behavior

Preceptor : Headmaster

Precipitate : To make happen quickly

Precipitately : Prematurely

Predicated : Defined by

Prediliction : Disposition in favour of something

Predominate : Previously mentioned

Predominate 1 : Be the strongest or primary element of

Predominate 2 : Be the strongest or primary element of

Preening : Grooming

Prefiguring : Foreshadowing

Preponderate : Outweigh

Presaging : A warning or indication of something negative to come

Presbyopia : Farsightedness

Prescience : Conscience beforehand. predictive

Preside : Exercise authority over

Press-gang : Group of men who pressure young men to enlist

Pret a manger : Ready to eat

Preterite : Belonging to the past

Pretrial : Meeting held before conference etc. literally pre-trial

Prevaricate : Speak or act in an evasive way

Prevarication : Avoid telling the truth

Preventer : Stop a sail from performing a gybe

Priapism : Painfully or abnormally erect penis

Priapism 1 : Medical condition of sustained erection

Prie-dieu : Furniture on which one prays

Priggish : Deliberately superior

Prima facie : On first encounter

Prima facie 1 : At first sight

Primordial : Literally first occuring

Primrose : Light yellow colour

Princeps : First, original

Privation : Of deprivation

Privation 1 : A state of being deprived

Pro rata : In a precisely calculable way according to some metric

Proces verbal : Written report of proceedings detailing a charge

Proclivity : Tendency to do something with regularity

Proconsul : Official in ancient rome

Procrustes : Highwayman who tied victims to iron beds and cut or stretched limbs to fit

Proctologic : Relating to rectum, colon

Procurator : Attorney

Procurer : One who procures clients for a prostitute

Procuress : One whonessentially solicits customers for prostitutes

Prodigal : Wastefully extravagant

Prodigality : Wasteful extravagance

Prodigious : To an impressive degree. long, large.

Prodigious 1 : Amazing, neutral

Prodigious 2 : Ominous

Profiterole : A cream puff

Profligacy : Shamelessness

Profligacy 1 : Shamelessness

Profligacy 2 : Wastefulness

Profligate : Careless waste

Progeny : Offspring

Prognathous : Protruding lower chin

Prognathous 1 : Protruding jaw

Prognostication : Foretelling as in prognosis

Projective verse : Writing by the rule of breath

Prolate : Elongated at the poles

Promethean : Rebelling against the norm always

Promissory : Implying a promise

Promontory : Raised mass of land

Promontory 1 : Raised land

Promontory 2 : High point of land

Promontory 3 : High point of land extending over water

Prophylaxis : Prevention of a disease

Propinquity : Closeness

Propitiate : To do something to win back the favour of a divinity

Propitiate 1 : Gain the favour of

Propitiate 2 : Appease

Propitiation : Placating

Propitious : Having much success

Propitious 1 : Presenting favorable circumstances

Propitious 2 : Favourably disposed

Propitious 3 : Beneficial

Propitous : Favorably conditioned

Proprietarian : Land owners esp. in colonial america

Propriety : Individualit

Proprioception : The sense of the relative position of the parts of the body

Proprioception 1 : Knowledge of position of the limbs

Prosaic : Lacking poetic beauty

Prosaic 1 : Commonplace or dull

Prosaic 2 : Straightforward, matter of fact

Prosaic 3 : Straightforward, like prose

Proscenium : UNDEFINED

Proscenium 1 : Part of stage on front of curtain

Proscenium 2 : Arch of ancient theater

Proscenium 3 : Arch of ancient theater

Proscenium 4 : Stage area between curtain and orchestra

Proscenium 5 : Stage of an ancient theatre

Proscenium 6 : Stage between curtain and orchestra

Proscenium 7 : Stage area between curtain and orchestra

Proscribe : Ban especially by law

Proscribe 1 : Denounce or condemn

Proselytize : Attempt to convert

Prospectus : Document describing endeavors to follow

Protobiont : A protocell

Protoplasm : Entire contents of a cell

Protracted : Sustaining for a long time

Provenance : UNDEFINED

Provenance 1 : Chronology of ownership

Provident : Possessing care for the future

Proviso : Something added that alters / sweetens a deal. provision is obvious mnemonic

Proviso 1 : Conditional provision

Provolone : Semi-hard cheese

Provost : Dean

Prurient : Unpleasantly passionate interest in sexual matters

Pseudothyrum : Secret door

Psychopomp : A spirit that guides souls to the afterlife

Psychosomatic : Cause by internal stress

Puckish : Impish

Puddle jumper : Small passenger airplane

Pudenda : External, pink genitalia

Pueblo : Spanish community buildings typically of adobe

Pueblo 1 : Community in spain or spanish america

Pugilism : Fighting with fists

Pugilist : Boxer

Pugmark : Animal print

Pugnacious : Belligerent

Pugnacious 1 : Aggressive

Puissant : Having authority

Pukkah : Exquisite, excellent

Pule : Cry weakly

Pullman cars : Sleeping cars

Pullulate : Send forth sprouts

Pullulate 1 : Multiply rapidly

Pullulate 2 : To teem

Pulpit : Raised platform or lectern.

Pulviscular : Neologism, likely "dust-like" as in the latin pulveris

Punctiform : Composed of points

Punctilious : Shoeing great attention to detail

Punctilious 1 : Precise, scrupulous

Punji stakes : Pit of spikes

Punk : Any material used as tinder

Punka-wallah : Manual fan operator

Purblind : Defective vision, half-blind essentially

Purblind 1 : Diminished vision

Purdah : Social gender exclusion

Pursuivant : One of humble rank

Purveyor : One who supplies what is needed, especially food

Purview : Scope of experience

Purview 1 : Range of control

Pusillanimous : Showing a lack of courage

Pusillanimous 1 : Lacking courage or resolve

Put in (nautical) : To dock at an unexpected, or diverting location

Putative : Supposed

Putative 1 : Commonly believed

Puteal : Stone wall around well

Putrescence : Decay

Putsch : Coup d'etat

Pylon : Post, tower etc

Pythoness : Soothsayer

Pyx : Small round container usually used to hold the eucharist

Qipao : Elegant red dress

Quadrille : Essentially a square dance

Quadroon : One quarter black

Quadroon 1 : One quarter black

Quaff : To drink with relish

Quaff 1 : Drink with verve

Quai : Wharf next to the shoreline

Quam diu : During good behavior, adverb

Quangos : An organization that, though separate from the government, is funded by it

Quaquaversal : Going in all directions

Quarterdeck : Raised deck behind the main mast

Quercine : Like an oak

Querulous : Often complaining

Querulous 1 : Fretful

Query : Complaining in a whining manner

Quick : Raw or sensitive flesh, e.g. under fingernails

Quiddity : Inherent essence of something

Quidnunc : Person eager to learn news of a scandal

Quidnunc 1 : Someone eager to learn rumours

Quiescence : State of inactivity or dormancy

Quillon : Guard of a sword

Quillon 1 : Guard of a sword

Quim : Vulgar, vagina

Quinine : Medication used to treat malaria

Quinine 1 : Medication used to treat malaria

Quisling : Traitor

Quoits : A game where rings are thrown onto sticks

Quondam : Superior

Quotha : Indeed

Quotidian : Occurring every day

Quotinoctian : Occurring nightly

Rabsieur : Pronged polearm

Rack-rent : Excessive rent

Raddled : Worn out

Raddled 1 : Worn out

Radome : Weatherproof dome

Raffishness : Careless unconventionality

Ragbag : Bag for scraps of fabric

Raiment : Clothing

Raiment 1 : Clothing

Rakehell : Licentious man

Rakish : Disreputable

Ramjet : Jet engine

Rancor : Inveterate hatred

Rancor 1 : Deepest spite

Rancor 2 : The deepest malign

Rangetop : Stove top

Rapacious : Aggressively greedy or grasping

Rapacity : Intense greed

Rapidograph : Highly precise drafting utensil

Rapidograph 1 : Technical pen

Rapini : Chinese vegetable

Rapprochement : Reestablishment of cordial relations

Rathskellar : A bar or restaurant in a basement esp. serving beer

Rating : Seaman on a warship

Ratskeller : A bar

Rattle-watch : Dutch patrol around sunset

Rattlehead : One who makes empty chatter

Raum : Great crow earl of hell (literal)

Reappraise : Fresh evaluation of

Rebar : Steecoffeeforcement in concrete

Rebarbative : Repelling

Rebec : Early three-stringed instrument

Recalcitrant : Lacking obedience

Recalcitrant 1 : Defying authority

Recension : Critical revision

Recherche : Sought out and chosen with care

Reciprocate : Move back and forth

Recks : Heeds to

Recompense : Literally re-compensation

Recondite : Not known by many

Recondite 1 : Difficult or obscure

Recondite 2 : Obscure

Reconnoiter : Make military survey of

Recourse : Source of help in difficult situatio

Recourse 1 : Act of seeking assistance

Recourse 2 : Act of seeking advice

Recourse 3 : Seeking assistance

Recrimination : Counter accusation

Recrimination 1 : To accuse back

Recrudescence : To break out again

Recti : Upright muscles

Rectilinear : Characterized by straightness, moving in a line

Rectitude : Straightness

Rectitude 1 : Conformity to rules

Rectitude 2 : Straightness

Recto : Front side

Recumbancy : States of reclining

Recuse : To disqualify a judge from acting

Redolence : Having a reminiscent quality

Redolence of : Smelling of

Redolent : With a pleasant odor

Redolent 1 : Aromatic

Redolent 2 : Aromatic

Redoubt : Small temporary refuge

Redoubt 1 : Temporary military fortification

Reel : Lively dance

Reeve : Pass a rope through a hole or opening

Refectory : Dining hall

Refectory 1 : Dining hall

Refectory 2 : Dining hall

Refulgent : Resplendent

Refulgent 1 : Resplendent

Regatta : Boat races

Regatta 1 : Boat races

Regulus : Impure metal

Reify : To give concrete form to

Rejoinder : Reply

Relict : Something alive from an earlier time

Relief (geography) : Elevation

Reliquary : A container to hold or display relics

Reliquary 1 : Container for relics

Reliquary 2 : A display case for relics

Remiss : At fault

Remittance : Temporary abatement

Remonstrances : Forcefully reproachful protest

Remonstrate : Make forceful protest

Remontado : One who has returned to the wild

Remontoire : Secondary source of power

Rendition : Surrendering

Rent : An opening made by rending

Rent 1 : A tear in a surface

Repartee : Witticism

Repast : A meal

Repining : Fretting

Repining 1 : Fretting

Reportage : Reporting of news of general interest

Reprobate : Rejected

Reprobation : Strong disapproval

Reproof : Expression of blame or disapproval

Reproof 1 : Expression of blame or disapproval

Reproof 2 : Act of rebuke

Reprove : Reprimand

Reprove 1 : To disapprove of

Reredos : Wooden ornamental screen behind altar

Res extensa : The corporeal being

Restive : Unable to control esp. because of boredom

Restive 1 : Unable to control esp. because of boredom

Reticent : Not revealing thoughts quickly or readily

Reticulate : To resemble a net or web

Revanchist : Endeavoring to win back lost land

Revere ware : Copper bottom cooking ware

Reverie : State of dreamy meditation

Revetment : Slanted protection against erosion by wave

Revetment 1 : Layer of stone supporting embankment

Rheostat : A continually variable electrical terminal

Rheumatism : Pain in the joints

Rheumy : Watery

Rhyton : Container to drink from usually shaped like a head

Riband : Ribbon

Riband 1 : Archaic of ribbon

Rick : Sticks/straw stored in a bundle

Ridotto : Public ball

Ridotto 1 : Public ball

Ridotto 2 : Public ball

Ridotto 3 : Public ball/masquerade

Riffle : Fast flowing part of shallow stream

Rimed : Covered in frost

Riparian : Relating to the edge of a river

Riparian 1 : Relating to a riverbank

Risible : Inspiring laughter

Rivet : Short piece of metal for holding two mechanisms together

Rivet 1 : Think unthreaded screw

Rococo : Jocular, florid, decorative take on the baroque

Rococo 1 : 18th century highly ornate architecture and art

Rococo 2 : 18th century highly ornate architecture and art

Rodomontade : Boastful or exuberant behavior

Rodomontode : Inflated manner of speech

Roister : Noisy drunken behaviour

Roistering : Enjoy oneself in a noisy or boisterous way

Roistering 1 : Enjoy oneself in a noisy or boisterous way

Roman à clef : Book containing real people

Romanesque : Semi circular arches, cone roofs etc

Romanesque architecture : 10th to 12th century european architecture

Rondure : Graceful round object, guess what

Roneograph : Stencil for typesetting

Rood : Cross

Rood 1 : Crucifix

Rood screen : Rigid hanging across pillars in basilica, specifically at head of building

Roseate : Rosie

Rosolio : Sweet liqueurs

Rostrum : Public speaking platform

Rostrum 1 : Platform for speaker

Rostrum 2 : Platform for a speaker

Route : Decisively beat

Rowan : Deciduous tree

Rowel : Spiked disk on spur

Rsi : Repetitive strain injury

Rubescent : Turning red

Rudderpost : Part that rutter is mounted on, typically at rear

Rum : Peculiar

Ruminant : Cow or deer

Runagate : Apostate

Runnel : Small stream, a rivulet

Runnels : Small stream

Rush : Tush

Rutabaga : Root plant

Sabarcane : Blowpipe

Sabines : Ancient italians per rome

Sable : Dark brown

Sable 1 : Small weasel-like creature

Sabretache : Leather pocket or pouch

Sacerdotally : In the manner of a priest

Sacque : Old style of dress

Sacristy : Place of holding religious vestments

Sacristy 1 : Room in church holding holy vestments

Sacrosanct : Too valuable to be tampered with

Sacrosanct 1 : Too important to be tampered with

Saffian : Leather made from goatskin

Sagacious : Shrewd

Sagacious 1 : Clever, shrewd

Sagacity : Acuteness

Sagacity 1 : Keen sense of smell

Sagacity 2 : Quality of being wise

Sallow : Sickly pale

Sally : A bursting forth

Sally 1 : Teasing quip

Salpinx : Trumpet shaped tube

Salubrious : Conducive to health or wellbeing

Salutary : 'health giving'

Salutary 1 : Producing good effects

Salutary 2 : Producing good effects

Salutatorian : One graduating with second highest gpa

Salve : Ointment used to heal the skin

Salve 1 : Sooth

Salver : Tray

Salver 1 : Tray

Salver 2 : Silver platter

Salvo : Discharge of artillery

Salvo 1 : Discharge of artillery

Salvo 2 : Sudden military attack trad. via

Sanbenito : Cloth worn by penitents

Sanctus : Holy

Sandinista : Democratic socialist movement in nicaragua

Sangaree : West indes wine similar to sangria

Sangfroid : Excessive equanimity

Sanguine : Optimistic esp. in bad situations. see equanimity

Sannyasin : Traveling ascetic

Sap : Naive person

Sap 1 : Narrow trench

Sapper : Combat engineer

Saprogenic : Produced by decay

Saprotrophic : Feeding on dead matter

Sardonyx : Gemstone with red bands, literally sard and onyx

Sargassum : Brown micro-algae

Sargassum 1 : Brown micro-algae

Sarong : Long piece of fabric worn like a skirt/dress

Saros : 3600

Saros 1 : 3600 years

Sartorial : One who patches and mends

Satay : Meat on a skewer

Sateen : Satin-like cotton

Satinette : Faux-satin

Satrap : Subordinate ruler

Saturnalia : Ancient roman festival

Saturnine : Slow and gloomy

Saturnine 1 : Slow and gloomy

Saturnine 2 : Gloomy

Saucisson : Long slender bag

Sauerbraten : Roasted marinated horse meat or pork

Saurian : Lizardlike

Sawbone : Surgeon

Sawbuck : Framework for holding wood to cut

Scantling : Timber in the form of small beams

Scantling 1 : Small upright beam of timber

Scantling 2 : A small cross-section of lumber

Scapular : Short cloak

Scheherezade : Wife of storyteller in one thousand and one nights

Schiavoni : Slav

Schist : Crystalline rock

Schlag : Whipped cream

Schmaltz : Excessively sentimental

Scholium : Explanatory note in a text

Schooner : Large goblet

Sciatica : Pain emanating down from lower back to thighs

Scirocco : Hot draft of air, esp artificial

Sclera : White of the eye

Sconce : Fixture for a light

Scopolagna : Extremely enticing woman

Scopophilia : Translation of the freudian notion ofschaulust, "pleasure in looking," in the sense of both seeing and being seen, as well as "curiosity." freud distinguished between two frequently encountered forms of this partial drive: one active, "voyeurism," and the other passive, "exhibitionism," neither of which he would necessarily rank among perversions. [cf. scopophobic (p.226) & scopophiliac (p.230)]

Scopophobia : Fear of being looked at/watched

Score : 20

Scotoma : Area of impaired or lost vision

Scotomata : Alteration of field of vision

Scotomata 1 : Alteration of field of vision

Scows : Wide beamed sailing dingy

Scows 1 : Wide beamed sailing dingy

Scrannel : Poor

Scree : Slope made of loose stont debris

Screed : A shred

Scrim : Theatre light to reduce intensity

Scrivener : Professional writer

Scrofulous : Having unhealthy, diseased skin, causing inflammation

Scruple : Hesitate

Scruples : Feeling of doubt of hesitation about doing something morally wrong

Scrutable : Comprehensible

Scug : Inferior boy

Scullery : Room for cleaning and storing dishes

Scullery 1 : Small room next to kitchen for washing up

Scullery 2 : Small room next to kitchen washing dishes

Scullery 3 : Small room next to kitchen

Scullion : Servent

Scupper : Opening in contained area for draining water

Scupper 1 : Drainage hole on ship

Scurrilous : Coarse language

Scut work : Routine work

Scutcheon : Archaic, coat of arms

Scylla : Dangerous rock opposite charybdis

Sealift : Cargo ships used to deploy military

Seamed : Not in good condition

Sebum : Thick oily substance

Sebum 1 : Oil that comes through skin

Sectioned : To commit to a mental institute

Sedge : Grass-like plant

Sedge 1 : Dense marshy plants

Sedition : Treasonous

Sedition 1 : Insurrection

Sedition 2 : Organized rebellion

Sedulous : Showing dedication and diligence

Sedulous 1 : Dilligent

Sedulously : Diligently

Seigneur : Recipient of a feif from french crown

Seimas : Lithuanian parliament

Seine : Long net with floats to catch fish

Sekt : Sparkling wine

Selamlik : Portion of house reserved for men

Semasiographic : Speech that uses graphemes to convey meaning rather that anything that can be "sounded out"

Seminal : Strongly influencing following developments

Seminary : Theological college

Semion (neologism as far as i can tell) : Unit of semiotics i presume

Semmelknodel : Soft bun

Senescence : To grow old

Senescence 1 : Deteriorating with age

Senescence 2 : The state of aging

Senescent : Old

Seneschal : Steward

Sensorium : Entire sensory apparatus

Sententious : Pithy, full of meaning

Septentrion : Of the north

Sepulchre : Small room in rock / monument where someone is buried "laid to rest"

Seraglio : Brothel

Seraglio 1 : Place of debauchery

Seraglios : Designated living for wives or concubines

Serape : A blanket worn as a cloak

Sercial : Variety of grape and hence wine

Sere : Dry and withered

Sere 1 : Dry and withered

Serried : Crowded in rows

Serried 1 : Crowded in rows

Serve : Dry or withered

Settees : Love seat

Settees 1 : Love seat

Shake : Wooden shingles

Sharecropper : An agreement wherein one farms land and uses produce to pay rent (on farmland)

Sharper : Swindler

Sharpie : Swindler

Sheaf : Any bundle collection etc

Shewbread : Twelve loaves of bread placed on altar, jewish tradition

Shift : Slip

Shift 1 : Slip

Shim : Wedge of tool used for support

Shingle : Small, smooth pebbles on a beach

Shipped : Take in water over the side

Shipped 1 : Take in water over the side

Shire : Division of land

Shoal : Large number of fish swimming together

Shoal 1 : Large number of fish swimming together

Shorn : Cut

Short-sheetrd : Practical joke where sheet is folded in such a way to prevent bodily extension

Shrift : Going to a religious meeting

Shrike : Small common bird

Shrive : To receive a confession

Shtetl : Jewish village

Shyster : Someone who acts disreputably

Sibyl : Oracle

Sibylline : Like a clairvoyant

Sic et non : Yes and no

Sic itur ad astra : Now we journey to the stars

Sidereal : Of or with respect to distant "fixed" stars

Sidereal 1 : Of or with respect to distant "fixed" stars

Siding : Train track just off main rails for loading

Siding 1 : Small extra bit of siding

Sidle : Furtive advance

Sikinnis : Satyr play

Simar : Women's long loose dress

Sinciput : Top of skull from forehead to crown

Sine materia : Without substance

Sine qua non : Essential ingredient

Sinecure : Ridiculously slack but high status or high paying work

Sinecure 1 : A position requiring no work but paying a salary

Sinecure 2 : A position that requires no work

Singlet : White shirt with low cut neck

Sinistral : UNDEFINED

Sinistral 1 : Left-handed

Sinistral 2 : Left-handed

Sintered : To create a solid mass of material via heating

Sisal : Rough fibre for rope

Siwash : Camp without a tent

Sizar : A student who receives an allowance

Skein : Length of loosely knotted matter (typ. yarn)

Skein 1 : Tangle of yarn

Skewbald : Marked with white and non-black

Skiff : Small boat

Skiptrace : Locate someone's whereabohts

Skirling : Thin wailing sound

Skoal : Toast

Slag : Waste material from coal mine

Slattern : A slut

Sledging : Sleigh essentially

Sleeping dogs (exp) : Let sleeping dogs lie

Slew : A change of position

Slew 1 : Turn upon an axis

Sling arms : Positioning gun "at attention" against breast / over shoulder

Slipshod : Lack of care or organization

Sluice : Water channel controlled at head by gate

Smallholder : An owner of a small tract of land

Snifter : Small alcoholic serving

Snit : Bad mood

Snotter : Rope hung off the back of a ship

Snuff : Tobacco

Sobriquet : Nickname

Socratic irony : Feigning ignorance to make adversary realize they don't know what they are talking about

Sodality : Roman catholic guild / brotherhood

Soi disant : Self named/styled etc

Sojourn : Temporary residence

Sojourner : Temporary resident

Solecism : UNDEFINED

Solecism 1 : Improper usage

Solestic : Nontraditional use of language

Solicitude : Care for someone or something

Solicitude 1 : Care or concern

Solicitude 2 : Feeling of excessive concern

Solicitude 3 : Pronounced care

Solvent : Adj. able to pay all debts

Solvent 1 : Able to pay all debts

Soma cube : A cube to be assembled as a puzzle

Somatic : Relating to the body esp. in contrast to the mind

Somatic 1 : Relating to the body

Somocista : Nicaraguan dictatorship

Sonorous : UNDEFINED

Sonorous 1 : Producing a full, rich, or deep sound

Sophist : Someone skilled in elaborate a devious rhetoric

Sophist 1 : Teacher of rhetoric

Sophistry : Tricky writing

Soporific : Inducing a sleepy effect

Soporific 1 : With a quality making one feel sleepy

Soporific 2 : Inducing sleep

Soporific 3 : A drug that induces sleep

Sordid : Arousing distaste

Sorghum : Cereal used to create flour

Sorghum 1 : A cereal

Sorrel : Plants with acidic leaves

Sot : Fool

Sotto vice : Quietly

Sotto vocce : Speaking quietly

Sotto vocce 1 : In soft tones

Sotto voce : "under voice" as in using such tone to imply that the truth one is saying may unintentionally shock or offend

Soubrette : Saucy, intriguing maidservant

Soubrette 1 : Cheeky female attendant

Sough : Moaning or rustling sound the wind makes

Sough 1 : A soft murmuring sound

Soughing : Rushing, windy whistling sound

Sound : Dive, like a whale

Soused : Soaked

Soused 1 : Drunk

Soutane : Long gown with buttons

Southern massif : Large geological plateau region middle south of france

Southern massif 1 : Large geological plateau region middle south of france

Sovkhoz : State owned farm

Spackle : Material used to fill gaps

Spadger : Sparrow or boy

Spadone : Two handed sword

Spadroon : Lightweight sword

Spahi : Turkish cavalry

Spall : Splinter, esp of stone

Spanish thumbscrew : Torture device, inquisition

Spansule : Capsule that releases drugs steadily over the course of hours

Spar : Any linear object used in a mast

Spar 1 : Any linear object used as mast

Spare : A sudden rush of water

Spareness : To refrain from killing harming etc

Spatha : Straight sword

Spatterdash : Covered dress shoe

Specie : Money

Specific : A drug or remedy mitigating a specific illness

Specious : Superficially plausible

Specious 1 : Seemingly well intentioned but not

Specular : Light from one angle being bounced into one uniform direction (note speculation)

Speculum : Mirror as in a telescope

Spelaeae : Cave lion

Spieler : Gambler

Spike : Withhold a journalistic piece

Spinnaker : Supplemental sail to the mainsail

Spirogyra : Green algae

Spirogyra 1 : Green algae

Spitfire : A cannon

Splenetic : Ill humour or iritability

Spoliation : Plundering

Spoor : Track of an animal

Spotted dick : Suet pudding

Sprachgefuhl : Intuitive feeling for a language

Sprig : Youthful lad

Sprightly : Full of life

Springfield : Handgun

Sprit : Diagonal crossbar on sail

Spume : Foam or froth

Spur : Mountain that shoots from another mountain

Sputum : Phlegm

Squab : Baby pigeon, dove etc

Squall line : Narrow band of high wind storms associated with cold front

Sst : Super sonic transport

Staid : Professional, sober

Staid 1 : Not capricious

Staithe : River

Staithe 1 : Riverbank

Staithe 2 : Riverbank

Stalking horse : Agent put forward to cover an ulterior motive

Stanchion : Vertical pole to corral cattle

Starost : Castle owner

Stave : Narrow strip of wood

Stave 1 : Forms side of barrel

Stave 2 : To break into pieces.

Staysail : Fore and aft mounted sail

Steerage : Cheap section of boat for bunks

Steganography : Practice concealing message via "mechanical means"

Stele : Wood or stone slab taller than it is wide

Stele 1 : Upright slab

Stele 2 : Upright slab

Stele 3 : Upright slab

Stelliform : Star shaped

Stem : Most forward part of a ship

Sten gun : Weird thin semi auto

Stenographer : See amanuensis. seems more legal than artistic

Stent : Tube inserted into blood vessel

Stentorian : Loud and powerful

Stentorian 1 : Loud, powerful, booming

Stentorian 2 : Loud and authoritative

Stephanie : Headdress

Stertorous : Noisy and labored

Stertorously : Like snoring

Stet : UNDEFINED

Stevedore : Ship hand to un/load cargo

Stevedore 1 : Dockworker

Stew : Prostitute

Stewbum : Homeless alcoholic

Stichomythia : Device of quickfire dialogue

Stob : Peg

Stole : Scarf-like garment

Stole 1 : Scarf like garnet

Stolid : Calm, dependable, affectless

Stollen : Traditional german christmas cake

Stool pigeon : Person acting as a decoy

Stopcock : Device for regulating flow of gas or fluid through pipe

Stopcock 1 : Device for regulating flow of gas or fluid through pipe

Stopcock 2 : Valve controlling flow through a pipe

Storting : Norwegian legislature

Stove : Push in on a side

Stoven : Dry

Strand : Shore of beach

Strapline : Secondary slogan

Strata : Think geological layer

Stria : Linear curve, mark, parallel to many others

Striation : Parallel grooves

Stricture : Abnormal narrowing of canal in body

Stricture 1 : A rule restricting behavior

Stridulation : High pitched chirping

Strigil : "a strigil was a small, curved, metal tool used in ancient greece and rome to scrape dirt and sweat from the body before effective soaps became available." (wikipedia)

Strike plate : Metal plate affixed to a door jamb

Strop : Strip of leather for straightening razors

Strop 1 : Hone a razor

Strumpet : Prostitute

Stuffata : Odd salad.

Stuka : German dive-bomber

Stultification : To prove to be unsound of mind

Stultified : To be shown to be foolish

Stultify : To cause to lose enthusiasm, or to make look like a fool

Stultify 1 : To cause to lose interest

Stultifying : To instill a lack of excitement caused by routine

Stupedacient : Inducing stupor

Stygian : To do with the styx river

Styptic : Constricting the blood vessels

Styptic 1 : That stops bleeding

Sub-rosa : In secret

Sub-rosa 1 : In secret

Subaltern : Outside hegemony

Subaqeous : Weak and filtered

Subchondral : Bone containing marrow

Subcutaenous : Under the skin

Subjunctive : Hypothetical

Subluxated : Partially dislocated

Suborn : Convince/bribe someone to do something unlawful

Suborn 1 : Induce to commit unlawful act

Suborned : Bride or induce to commit a crime

Suborner : To induce to commit a crime

Subsidence : The movement of the earth add it shifts downward (continental)

Subsidence 1 : The movement of the earth add it shifts downward (continental)

Substantia nigra : Part of the brain which regulates reward and addiction, damaged in parkinson's patients

Subterfuge : Deception

Succedaneum : Replacement

Succedaneum 1 : Substitute

Succedaneum 2 : Substitute

Succor : Assistance

Succor 1 : Aid

Succour : Assistance

Sudoriferous : Sweating

Suet : Fatty tissues surrounding kidneys

Sufference : Emdurance

Sui generis : Own kind

Suiphagia : Self-swallowing

Suis generis : Unique

Sumach : Small bush

Sumatra : Largest island of indonesia

Sump : Deperssion for liquid to collect

Sump 1 : Deperssion for liquid to collect

Sumpter : Beast of burden

Sumpter 1 : Driver of pack horse

Sumptuary law : Law meant to discourage spending

Sumptuous : Expensive seeming

Sumptuous 1 : Splendid

Supercilious : Looking or behaving as though one is better than others

Supercilious 1 : Arrogant

Superciliousness : Haughty disdain

Supernal : Celestially

Supernumerary : Exceeding the usual prescribed amount

Supperate : Undergo being filled with pus

Supplicant : Someone respectfully asking for something from benevolent god

Supposition : As in supposing

Suppurate : To form or discharge

Surcease : Archaic, cease

Surfeit : Surplus. note similarity "forfeit"

Surfeit 1 : Excessive amount

Surfeit 2 : Excessive amount of

Surfeit 3 : Excessive amount

Surmise : Assume something is true in the absence of evidence

Surmount : Stand in top of

Surmount 1 : Overcome/above

Surplice : Liturgical vestment

Surplice 1 : Liturgical tunic

Surreptitious : Necessarily secret esp. wrt policy

Surreptitiously : Secretly

Surtout : Tight bodied men's coat

Surveyors transit : Used for plotting angles

Susurration : A low indistinct but continuous murmur

Susurrus : Whispering, rustling etc

Susurrus 1 : Onomatopoiea

Sutler : Someone who follows an army

Svelte : Gracefully thin

Swain : Rural lover

Swain 1 : Young boy in service

Sward : A layer of earth from which grass has grown

Swath : Grass/crop post reaping

Swidden : Area cleared by slash and burn

Swifter : A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.

Switch : Slender woody plan stem used as a whip

Swivet : State of haste

Sybaritic : Sensual look

Sybaritic 1 : Self indulgence

Sybaritic 2 : Indulgent

Sybaritic 3 : Self-indulgent

Sybaritically : Devoted to pleasure

Sybillime : UNDEFINED

Sylph : Invisible being of the air

Synclinal : Folded layers closer to middle. think furrowed brow

Syncope : Loss of consciousness

Syncretism : Attempted joining of multiple schools of thought

Synoptic : Adjective synopsis

Systolic : Pertaining to pulse of heart

Syzygy : Alignment of three celestial bodies as in an eclipse (also used in jungian psychology, communication of conscious and unconscious)

Syzygy 1 : Total alignment of three celestial bodies

T-bill : Treasury bill

Tacitly : Not spoken

Tack : Turn?

Tack 1 : Leading corner of sail with respect to the wind

Taffeta : Smooth woven fabric

Taikonaut : Chinese astronaut

Tailing : Waste that has been extracted from ore

Tallow : Hard animal fat

Tallow dip : Candle-esque torch of animal fat

Tamarisks : Beach plants

Tamarisks 1 : Beach plants

Tamp : To pack down

Tanager : Small american song bird

Taper : Small skinny candle

Taper 1 : Wax candle

Taper 2 : Slight wax candle

Taper 3 : Thin sick for lighting candles

Tarantella : Rapid dance in 6/8

Tarentine : Like ortthr denizens if port city in ancient greece

Tareyton : Old brand of cigarette

Tarn : Small mountain lake

Tarragon : Perennial herb

Tarry : Stay longer than intended

Tarry 1 : To delay

Tarrying : Staying behind

Tat picture : Thematic apperception test. psychological test by which ambiguous pictured are imbued by subjects with narrative

Tattoo : Evening drum or bugle signalling soldiers to quarters

Tattoo 1 : Evening drum or bugle signalling soldiers to quarters

Tattoo 2 : A signal played give minutes before lights out

Tawdry : Cheap and ugly

Tawdry 1 : Cheap and gawdy

Tchochke : Trinket, or (obs) a bimbo

Tchochke 1 : Trinkets

Teak : Extremely durable timber

Teamster : Person who drives a team of animals

Teddy : All in one piece of women's underwear

Teetotaler : One who abstains from drinking

Tektite : Chunks of natural glass debris blown up during meteorite impacts

Teleological : Showing evidence of design or purpose

Teleology : Directive principle

Teleology 1 : The study of natural occurences

Teleology 2 : Showing design

Teleology 3 : The study if purpose or design

Telephony : Act of sound transmission

Telluric : An electric current that moves underground or through the sea

Telluric 1 : Pertaining to earth

Temerity : Excessive confidence / boldness

Temerity 1 : Reckless boldness

Tempera : Permanent fast dry painting

Tempera 1 : Permanent fast dry painting

Tempera 2 : Medium used to bind pigments

Temporize : Deliberately act evasive, or prolong a conversation to put off making a decision

Temporized : Avoid making a decision or giving firm info to gain time

Temporized 1 : Avoid making a decision or giving firm info to gain time

Tench : Breed of fish

Tendance : To give care

Tendentially : Showing a bias

Tendentious : To portray a view particularly controversial

Tendentious 1 : Used to promote a particular, especially controversial view

Tendentious 2 : Bias

Tenebrous : Dark and gloomy

Tenement : Multi family dwelling

Tensegrity : System of tension to uphold a structure. think hammer holding itself up or trellises (lol)

Teratogenic : Causing interruption in fetus. defect inducing

Teratoid : Monstrous, malformed

Teratoma : Malignant tumor

Teratomic : As in tumour cells

Teratornis : Huge extinct north american vulture-like bird

Termagant : Quarrelsome woman

Termitary : Anthill appropriated by termites

Terraced : Raised, flat topped patch of earth

Terry cloth : Think towel

Testudo : Latin for "tortoise." may refer to a genus of tortoises, a type of harp, or a military formation.

Tetrarch : Governor of a part of a country

Teutons : Germanic people

Thalamic : Pertaining to the forebrain

Thanatopsis : UNDEFINED

Thane : Free retainer of anglosaxon lord

Thaumaturge : Performer of miracles

Theater of the absurd : What it sounds like

Theodicy : A justification of the works of god

Theogony : The origin of gods

Theurgy : God magic

Thew : Muscle

Thiasus : Group of singers and dancers to celebrate one of the gods

Thinclads : Runner in track

Third degree : Interrogation / torture

Third degree 1 : The subjugation of a prisoner to torture

Thole : Pins in gunwale to provide fulcrum for oar

Tholus : Round building, dome

Thomism : Philosophy of aquinas

Threnodic : Pertaining to threnody (to do with a song for the dead)

Threnody : Lament

Threshing : Separate grain from (a plant), typically with a flail or by the action of a revolving mechanism

Thuggee : Member of indian band of assassins

Thurible : Censer

Thwart : Structural crosspiece of a boat

Thyacine : Tasmanian tiger (thylacine misspelling?)

Tilt at windmills : Wild goose chase, from don quixote

Tilth : Rich soil

Timorous : Lack of confidence

Timorous 1 : Lack of confidence

Timorous 2 : Afraid

Timorous 3 : Fearful

Timorous 4 : Fearful

Timorously : With lack of confidence

Tingle table : U-shaped desk

Tinhorn : Contemptible person pretending to have money power etc

Tippet : Shoulder covering

Tipple : Any alcoholic drink

Tithable : Subject to the payment of tithes

Titivating : To do small final adjustments

Titivation : Small 'polishing touches'

Toff : Elegantly dressed person

Tohu-vabohu : Period of chaos immediately before creation

Toilette : Personal grooming

Tokoloshe : Gnome-ish spirit from african folklore

Toltec : Mexican civilization

Tong wars : Gang war between tongs in california

Tonsorial : Relating to hair trimmings

Tonsure : Monk haircut

Tony : Stylish

Tony 1 : Upscale

Toothsome : Delicious

Toper : Drunkard

Topgallant : Of the most superior quality

Topiary : Carved hedges

Topiary 1 : Trimmed bush

Torpid : Mentally of physically inactive

Tortious : Harmful

Tortuous : Full of twists and turns

Tortuous 1 : Having many turns

Torturous : Not straightforward

Totentanz : Dance of the dead

Tourmaline : Gemstone

Tourmaline 1 : Transparent black gemstone

Tourmaline 2 : Pink gemstone

Towpath : Path along river

Tracer : Chemical compound used to track the progress of a process

Tract : Area of indefinite extent

Tract 1 : Small booklet, or pamphlet

Traduce : Cause humiliation or disgrace

Traduce 1 : To malign someone

Transept : Crosshall

Transliteration : Phonetic conversation to another language

Transom : Reinforcing crossbar. particular on sterns of ships

Transom 1 : Flat surface forming stern of vessel, crossbar above door

Transom 2 : Flat surface forming stern of vessel, crossbar above door

Transom 3 : Crosspiece over door

Transplendent : Beyond resplendent

Transverse : Situated across

Transverse 1 : Situated across

Trap : Light, two-wheelers carriage

Trapeze dress : Very straight, loose dress

Trappist : Monk or nun

Travail : Painful and laborious work

Travail 1 : A kind of sled

Treadle : Foot operated device that induces rotation

Treatise : Book dealing formally and systematically with a subject

Trebles : Triples

Trefoil : Architectural ornament looking like a leaf

Trellis : Intertwined metal fence/gate/lattice

Trellis 1 : Outdoor garden frame

Trenchbroom : Shotgun ww2 model

Trephination : Drilling hole in skull

Trepidation : Hesitance

Tress : Braid, knot

Tress 1 : Braid or knot

Tress 2 : Braid

Tress 3 : Braid, knot etc

Tresses : Ringlets esp in hair

Tresses 1 : Braid or knot

Trestle : Think crossbar and legs like a sawhorse

Triage : Priority of patient treatments

Tribade : A lesbian

Trice : Brief period of time

Trice 1 : An instant

Trice 2 : To pull out or away

Trice 3 : Short time

Tricorne : Three-sided hat

Trillby : Narrow brimmed hat

Trilophodon : Long mouthed elephant

Tripe : Entrails

Triple-ought : ??? aught archaic?

Tripod : Tripod

Triptych : Three pictures/carvings hinged together as singular artistic expression

Triptych 1 : Three pictures/carvings hinged together as singular artistic expression

Trireme : Ancient vessel with three banks of oars

Tristesse : Literary sadness

Tristitiate : To sadden

Triune : 3 fold

Triune 1 : Threefold

Troika : Russian carriage

Trompe l'oeil : Trick the eye into thinking a two dimensional painting is three dimensional

Trompe l'oeil 1 : A painting that exploits human vision to make us believe the subject is real

Troth : Pledged faithfulness

Troubadour / minnesinger : Styles of german poets/singers

Trousseau : Clothes and linen a bride collects for her married life.

Truant : Student who stays away from school without reason or explanation

Truck : Small roller for gun carriage

Truckle : Trundle

Truculently : Aggressively

Trumeau : Large part supporting a heavy section above a doorway

Trumepry : Bric-a-brac

Trundle : Cause to rotate

Trundled : To move heavily on wheels

Tubercles : Knotty outgrowth

Tuileries : French palace

Tulle : Light silk as used in veils etc

Tulle 1 : Silk lace

Tumbril cart : Old wooden cart as used in say corpse collection

Tumbril cart 1 : Old wooden cart as used in say corpse collection

Tumesce : Swell up

Tumescence : Swollen.

Tumescent : Swollen especially from sezual arousal

Tung : Type of tree

Tuppence : Two penny

Tureen : Broad deep serving dish

Turpitude : Inherent basenesd

Turrent : Small tower

Turreted : In the shape of a long spiral

Tussah : Gold coloured silk

Tutelary : Serving as guardian / protector

Tutelary 1 : Serving as guardian / protector

Tutelary 2 : Serving as guardian

Tutelary 3 : Wrt guardianship

Twain : Two

Tyrian : Of a purple colour

Tyrian 1 : Purple, as from tyre

Uakaris : Red faced monkey

Uhlan : Lancer

Uhlan 1 : A lancer

Uintather : Multi horned extinct ungulate

Ukase : Authoritative proclamation

Ulna : Elbow

Ultima thule : Northernmost habitable point

Ululation : Long wavering cry

Umber : Brown clay

Umbria : Region in italy

Unapostolic : No relating to the apostles

Unassailable : Unable to be attacked/defeated

Unctuous : Excessively or gratingly flattering

Unctuous 1 : Excessively or gratingly flattering

Unctuous 2 : Affected/exaggerated

Unctuous 3 : Profusely polite

Undine : Elemental being associated with water

Unreconstructed : Unaccustomed to changing social landscapes

Unshod : Without shoes

Upbraid : Find fault with, scold

Ur- : Primal version

Ursine : Like a bear

Urticate : Producing a singing sensation

Usufruct : Legal right to benefit and drive profit from a property

Usury : Unethical trades

Usury 1 : Exhorbirant rate of interest

Vacillation : Sway for lack of equilibrium

Vacuity : Emptiness

Vagus : Nerve extending from brain stem down to abdomen

Vagus nerve : Nerve running from the brain stem down to the abdomen

Vainglorious : With unwarranted pride

Valance : Think "veil"-ance, conbering over top of windows

Valance 1 : Decorative drapery

Valediction : Speech made upon leaving

Valediction 1 : Speech given on departing

Valet : Man's personal male attendant

Valise : Small piece of luggage

Vane : Broad blade used as in turbine, propeller

Vane 1 : Broad blade used as in turbine, propeller

Variegated : Marked by variety. especially streaks / spots

Variorum : Notes by various editors

Vasculum : Container used by botanists

Vassal : Grantee of land

Vatic : Predictive, of an oracle

Vatic 1 : Of a profit

Vaunt : Boast about or praise excessively

Vaunted : Bragged about

Vedanta : Hindu system of philosophy where one self-actualized by coming to know brahma

Velleity : The lowest wish of desire

Vellum : High quality parchment

Velocipede : 19th century bicycle

Velour : A felt that looks like velvet

Velutinous : Soft and velvety

Venality : Being for sale

Vendue : Public auction

Vendue 1 : Public auction

Venery : Sexual indulgence

Venial : Pardonable sin

Venial 1 : Pardonable

Vent one's spleen : Get rid of feelings of anger

Vent one's spleen 1 : Get rid of feelings of anger

Ventricle : Any small cavityk

Veracity : adherence to facts

Veracity 1 : Accuracy

Verdigris : Greenish patina formed on copper statues

Verdigris 1 : Greenish patina on copper roof

Verdure : Noun, verdant

Verdure 1 : Greenness of growing vegetation

Verge : One who takes care of the interior of a church

Verger : Attendant for church/nobility

Verger 1 : Lay person who takes care of church

Veriform : See vermiform

Verisimilitude : The appearance of being real

Vermiform : Lookin like a word

Vernal : Autumnul

Vernally : Pertaining to spring

Veronica : An imprint of jesus's face

Verso : Back side of a flat object

Verso 1 : Back side of a flat item

Verst : Obsolete russian unit of measurement

Vertiginous : Imparting vertigo

Vesperal : Book containing hymns

Vespers : Sunset evening prayer

Vespers 1 : Six of the seven canonical hours

Vestal : Chaste

Vestige : Trace of something

Vestige 1 : Useless organ, as in vestigial

Vetiver : Perennial bunchgrass

Via lasciva : Palm reading

Viaticum : Eucharist, blessing

Vibratile : Capable of vibration

Vichy water : Mineral water

Vicissitude : Change of fortune

Victual : Usable food

Victual 1 : Food supplies as in army

Victualler : One being supplies to the army

Victualling : Supplying food

Vicuna : South american mammal

Vide : Divided

Vim : Vigour

Vintner : Wine merchant

Viperous : Malicious

Virago : Belligerent woman

Virgilian : Poet of antiquity. aeneid etc

Virid : Green colour

Viridescent : Having green hue

Viridical : Truthful

Viscid : Having high viscosity

Viscid 1 : Viscous

Viscose : Rayon essentially

Visto : A prospect

Visto 1 : Vista

Vitan impendere vero : Devote his life for the truth

Vitex : Asian vines

Vitex 1 : Asiatic vines

Vitiate : Spoil

Vitiate 1 : Spoil

Vitiated : Spoiled, tainted

Vitreous : Of glass

Vitreous 1 : Glassy

Vitrified : Converted into glass

Vitrify : Convert into glass

Vituperation : Venomous and abusive

Vituperations : Invections

Vivaria : Enclosure for animals, typically small scientific

Vivaria 1 : Enclosure for animals, typically small scientific

Vivarium : Place for artificially raising animals

Viviparous : Born alive

Vizier : High ranking official

Vociferous : Noisy

Volar : Pertaining to palm or sole

Volubility : Continuous flow of words

Voluble : Speaking incessantly

Voluble 1 : Spoken incessantly or fluently

Voluptuary : One devoted to sensual pleasure

Votary : One bound by religious vows

Votive : To do with an urn

Votive 1 : To do with an urn

Votively : In fulfillment of a vow

Vouchsafe : To accept a gift in condescension

Voulge : Spiked polearm

Voulges : Glaive

Vrou : Dutchwoman

Vulcanized : To treat with heat

Vulgate : Vulgar language of a people

Vulpine : Relating to foxes

Vulpine 1 : Relating to foxes

Wag : Witty person

Waggish : Jocular

Waggish 1 : Playful, facetious, mischievous

Wain : Four wheeled wagon

Wain 1 : Four wheel wagon

Wallah : Servant

Wan : Pale/weak

Wan 1 : Pale, looking ill

Wardrive : Driving a vehicle in search of wifi

Warrant : To comfort

Warren : System of rabbit burrows

Watered steel : Damascus steel

Watershed : Point of contact between two drainage basins

Wattle : Wrinkled fold of skin

Webbing : Canvas belting, as is used in ratcheted tie down.

Weel : Benefit, boon

Ween : Hope, wish

Weft : Horizontal threading through fabric

Weir : Adjustable dam

Weir 1 : Adjustable dam

Weld : Yellow of a certain plant

Weld 1 : Yellow herb

Welsh : Fail to honor

Welter : General confusion or muddle

Welter 1 : A confusion

Wen : Subaceous cyst

Wesley & whitefield : Major eighteenth century religious figures

Wheelwright : Person who repairs wooden wheels

Whelming : Something that covers

Whelp : To give birth to

Whinged : Whined ++ with some legitimaticy to complaint

Whist : Four-player card game

Wicket : Hole for croquet

Wig : Derogatory word for any dark skinned person

Wilful : Stubborn and determined

Willow switch : Vaguely like a bundle of wheat

Wimple : Cloth worn round the head and neck

Wimple 1 : Cloth covering head

Winch : Device to let in or let out rope

Winch 1 : Device to let in or let out rope

Windage : Horizontal adjustment of a gun

Windfall : Apple or fruit blown from off a tree

Windlass : Any of the various forms of a winch

Windlass 1 : Various forms of a wince

Window sash : Part you push up and down to open or close

Winnowed : Blow air through to remove detritus

Winnowing : Act of separating chaff from grain

Winsome : Charming, engaging, especially innocently

Wisteria : Woody climbing vines

Withal : All things considered

Withe : Flexible, tender twig or shoot

Wittol : Man who knows of and tolerates wife's infifelity (cuckold++)

Wobbly : Anarchist union group

Wonkish : Nerdy

Woodcraft : Think wilderness, craft as in witchcraft

Wrack : Ruins

Wrack 1 : Remains

Wrasse : Spiny finned fish

Xanthoderm : One with yellow skin

Xebec : Small, mediterranean 2 or 3 masted transport ship

Xeri : Dry

Xiphoid : Shaped like a sword

Xiphoid process : Bottom of sternum

Yard : Pole of wood held aloft on ship

Yawny : Boring

Yclept : Named

Yippie : Youth international party

Younker : Young man

Yucateco : As in from the yucatán

Zaibatsu : Money clique, japanese loan

Zeugma : Using an adjective or verb to refer to more than one noun, where typically it would refer to just one

Zither : East asian string instrument

Zoanthrope : Human that can transform into a beast

Zoopsia : Hallucinations of animals

Zoroaster : Adherent to aboriginal iranian religion

Zoysia : Creeping grasses

Zoysia 1 : Creeping grasses

Zygoma : Cheekbone

Éclat : Brilliant effort

Épater : Outrage